The Yamashina branch temple of Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha, serving as a nembutsu hall in Yamashina and a place of support for local Jodo Shinshu believers. It stands in an area deeply connected to the historical events surrounding Kennyo, the 11th head of Honganji, who returned from Osaka through Yamashina to Kyoto after the Ishiyama War. Yamashina has long been associated with Honganji, and the si…
Yamashina has deep historical ties to Honganji. In around 1478, Rennyo, the 8th head of Honganji, established the Yamashina Gobo as a major base of Jodo Shinshu, but it was burned down in 1532 during the Tenbun Hokke Uprising by allied forces of the Hokke sect and the Rokkaku clan, forcing Honganji …
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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