A Soto Zen temple in Tokusa, Yamato-cho, Koshu City, famous for housing two of the Takeda clan\'s greatest treasures: the \'Mihata\' (sacred banner) and the \'Tatenashi no Yoroi\' (National Treasure armor). The Mihata is a white banner bearing a sun disc, said to have been divinely bestowed upon Shinra Saburo Yoshimitsu (Minamoto no Yoshimitsu) during the Later Three-Year War and passed down throu…

Unpoji Temple is traditionally said to have been founded in 729 CE (the first year of the Tenpyo era), with the monk Gyoki credited as its founder. Over the following centuries, the temple forged close ties with the Kai Genji, the ancestors of the Takeda clan, and flourished under Takeda patronage d…