Zenkokuji (Kagurazaka Bishamonten)
東京都
Founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1595, this Kagurazaka Bishamonten temple is guarded by stone tigers instead of komainu—one of the Three Great Bishamonten of Edo.
Founded
1595
Type
Temple
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3 min from Ushigome-Kagurazaka Station (Exit A3), 4 min from Iidabashi Station (Exit B3)
5-36 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
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Temple
Founded 1595
431 years
Enshrined Deity
三宝尊
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安置: 毘沙門天
Founder
Butsujo-in Nissei Shonin (12th chief priest of Ikegami Honmon-ji)
Buddhist Sect
Nichiren
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Overview
A Nichiren temple founded in 1595 by Butsujo-in Nissei, the twelfth chief priest of Ikegami Honmon-ji, at the behest of Tokugawa Ieyasu, originally in Bakurocho. The mountain name is Chingo-zan; the principal image is Sanposon. After repeated fires, the temple moved to Kojimachi, then to Kagurazaka in 1793. The enshrined Bishamonten statue (Shinjuku Ward Designated Cultural Property), a wooden fig…
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Origins
Founded in 1595 in Bakurocho by Butsujo-in Nissei at the behest of Tokugawa Ieyasu as an official prayer temple. Nissei was the son of Regent Nijo Akizane, who reportedly gifted the Bishamonten statue.
The Great Fire of 1670 destroyed the Bakurocho buildings; the temple relocated to Kojimachi. Afte…
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Divine Benefits
Business Prosperity
Martial Fortune
Warding Off Evil
Wealth & Fortune
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "三宝尊（安置: 毘沙門天）"
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
First Shogun of Edo
Age 52 at founding
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In 1595, Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered Nissei Shonin to pray for the peace of the realm and founded Zenkoku-ji in Bakurocho. The temple remained under Tokugawa patronage as an official prayer temple throughout the Edo period.
Nichiren
Founder of Nichiren Buddhism
Age 373 at founding (posthumous)
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Zenkoku-ji follows the teachings of Saint Nichiren. Founding abbot Nissei was the twelfth chief priest of Ikegami Honmon-ji — where Nichiren spent his final days — giving the temple the prestige of a prayer temple founded by a direct spiritual heir of Nichiren at Ieyasu's command.
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