Tsukiji Honganji Temple
東京都
Founded in Asakusa in 1617, destroyed in the 1657 Great Fire of Meireki, rebuilt on reclaimed sea land 'Tsukiji' in 1659 — the present Indian-and-West-Asian-inspired main hall, designed by Ito Chuta after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, is the Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha Tokyo Betsuin.
The Tokyo Betsuin (branch temple) of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha school of Buddhism, located in Tsukiji, Chuo-ku. Founded in 1617 as the Jodo Shinshu Edo Asakusa Gobo on the orders of the 12th head priest Jun-nyo Shonin, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. The Edo shogunate refused permission to rebuild in Asakusa, so devotees reclaimed land from the sea and rebuilt the temple …
Founded in 1617 as the Edo Asakusa Gobo on the orders of the 12th Honganji head priest Jun-nyo Shonin. Destroyed in the Great Fire of Meireki (1657), the temple was refused permission to rebuild in Asakusa by the Edo shogunate; devotees then reclaimed sea land and rebuilt on the present site in 1659…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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