A Jodo-sect temple founded in 1594 by **Hattori Hanzo Masanari (1542-1596)**, a hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu and one of the **Sixteen Divine Generals of the Tokugawa**, in the Wakaba 2-chome district within walking distance of Yotsuya. Hanzo had served as guardian of **Matsudaira Nobuyasu (1559-1579)**, Ieyasu's eldest son. When Nobuyasu was ordered by Oda Nobunaga to commit seppuku in 1…
Jodo-sect temple founded 1594 by Hattori Hanzo Masanari. After failing as executioner at Matsudaira Nobuyasu"s 1579 seppuku, he took the tonsure as Sainen and built Nobuyasu"s memorial tower—the temple"s origin. Nobuyasu"s memorial tower and Hanzo"s grave are Shinjuku Ward-designated historic sites;…
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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