A Jodo temple along the old Nakasendo in Takasaki, an ancient temple conveying Takasaki post town history. Said to be a prayer temple for Tokugawa Ieyasu since his Mikawa days, attesting to his deep faith. The principal Amida Nyorai is a fine Heian-period work attributed to Eshin Sozu Genshin. Six Jizo statues on the grounds recall travelers praying for safe journeys on the Nakasendo. Takasaki sit…

Founded during the Eiroku era (1558-1570) when a Jodo monk opened a nenbutsu training hall in Takasaki. When Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Kanto in 1590, he reportedly designated this as his prayer temple. Positioned in the temple district as the Takasaki castle town was developed alongside castle constru…