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Kofukuji Temple (Tama)
神奈川県
A Shingon temple founded by Ennin and restored at the manor of Inage Shigenari — the Momoyama Shigenari statue and prefectural Kannon are notable
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840
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15 min walk from Mukogaoka-Yuen Station
Masugata 6-7-1, Tama-ku, Kawasaki
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Temple
Founded 840
1186 years
Enshrined Deity
五智如来
木造、桃山時代
Buddhist Sect
Shingon Sect, Buzan branch
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Overview
A Shingon Buzan-branch temple, mountain-named **Inagezan**, said to have been founded during the Showa era (834-848) by **Jikaku Daishi (Ennin)**. During the Kamakura period it was restored at the former residence of **Inage Saburo Shigenari**—a leading retainer of **Minamoto no Yoritomo** who married a younger sister of Hojo Masako—when he invited the priest Chobenajari here. Both the temple's na…
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Shingon Buzan-branch temple, mountain-named Inagezan, said to have been founded during the Showa era by Jikaku Daishi (Ennin). Restored in the Kamakura period at the former residence of Inage Saburo Shigenari, a Yoritomo retainer who married Hojo Masako"s sister. Enshrines a Momoyama-period Shigenar…
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Third Tendai Patriarch, Jikaku Daishi
Age 46 at founding
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A Shingon Buzan-branch temple, mountain-named Inagezan, said to have been founded during the Showa era (834-848) by Jikaku Daishi (Ennin).
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