Honmyoji

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This is a historical place for a number of reasons that are too specific to be posted here, yet the most known is for the memorial site of the great fire of Meireki that destroyed 60%-70% of Edo on March 2, 1657. The temple itself was established in 1572 elsewhere and moved to the Edo capital in the 1600's before being transferred to the present location, yet because of the great fire much information has been lost.

(Translated by Google) I stopped by on the way to a promenade. It seems that there is a grave of Mr. Kin in Toyama. When I entered, there was a monument from the Great Fire of Meireki, and I felt a sense of history. (Original) 散歩道の途中で立ち寄りました。遠山の金さんのお墓があるそうです。入ってみると、明暦の大火での碑もあり、歴史を感じました。

(Translated by Google) Nichiren sect temple. There is Toyama Kinshiro Kagemoto's grave and Meireki's Great Fire Memorial Tower. There is a signboard indicating the location of the grave, so you can visit without hesitation. (Original) 日蓮宗の寺院。遠山金四郎景元の墓と明暦の大火供養塔がある。墓の場所を示す看板があるので迷わずお参りできる。

(Translated by Google) Tokuei-san Sojiin Honmyo-ji Temple is a branch temple of the Jinmon school of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, located in Sugamo, Toshima Ward, Tokyo, approximately 550 meters southeast of Shin-Koushinzuka Station on the Toden Arakawa Line. Founded in 1572 by Chisonin Nikkei, the temple was founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu's retainers, including Kuze Hironobu, Okubo Tadakatsu, Okubo Yasutada, and Abe Tadamasa, who served the Tokugawa family and were parishioners of the ancient Kaiunzan Chofuku-ji temple in Nukata County, Mikawa Province (present-day Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture), upon Ieyasu's entry from Okazaki into Hikuma, Enshu (present-day Hamamatsu City). In 1590, Tokugawa Ieyasu was ordered by the Kanto Magistrate to enter Edo Castle. He persuaded his trusted associates, Kuze Hironobu and Okubo Tadakatsu, to move the temple to Tsutsugawa-cho within the Shimizu-gomon Gate of Edo Castle in Toshima County, Musashi Province, that same year. However, the land soon became government property, and they were given a new site in Iida-cho and moved there. The temple was known as Itaya-ji Temple for its magnificent architecture, and its reputation is said to have reached Ieyasu's ears. Following a fire during the Keicho era (1596-1615), the temple was moved to within the Ushigome Gate. In 1616, with the assistance of Ando Tsushimamaru, the temple was moved to Koishikawa (present-day Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo), where the main hall, guest hall, and bell tower were built. In 1636, the temple buildings in Koishikawa were completely burned down, and at that time, thanks to the efforts of the Kuze family, the temple was relocated to Hongo Maruyama (Hongo, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo), a replacement site designated by the shogunate, where a guest hall and temple priests' quarters were built. Because of its favorable location, the temple remained in this location for approximately 270 years until the end of the Meiji era, earning it the nickname "Maruyama-sama." The grounds of Honmyoji Temple in Maruyama were spacious, with a grant land of 15,000 m2 (approximately 1,620 m2) and a tax-free area of ​​816.75 m2 (approximately 816.75 m2), and within this area were the nine-ken main hall, guest hall, study, temple priests' quarters, bell tower, and twelve sub-temples. Even today, the place name "Honmyojizaka" remains near Hongo 4-chome. The origin of the Meireki Great Fire (Furisode Fire) of 1657 is believed to be Honmyoji Temple, but there is also a theory that the fire originated from the nearby residence of Councillor Abe Tadaaki. In 1908, the temple left its Maruyama Hongo location and relocated to its current location in Sugamo, Toshima Ward. At the time, it was said to be covered with radish fields as far as the eye could see. The reason for this was the reconstruction of Honjoji, the head temple, which was lost in a fire in 1893. Honjoji's six sub-temples (Enritsuin, Hongyoin, Honzoin, Honritsuin, Engyoin, and Kan'oin) were abolished and relocated to Sugamo. In 1945, during the Great East Asia War, the temple lost everything except the bell tower and one side of the main gate in the Great Tokyo Air Raid by the US military. The principal image was placed in an air raid shelter, and some books were evacuated and were therefore unharmed. Within the temple grounds are the graves of Toyama Kinshiro Kagemoto, the Edo Kitamachi magistrate famous for appearing in period dramas (a Tokyo Metropolitan designated historic site), and Chiba Shusaku, founder of the Hokushin Itto-ryu school of Buddhism. The Hokkeshu Jinmonryu school is a sect of Buddhism under Nichiren, with Nichiren (1222-1282) as its founder and Nichijin (1339-1414) as its principal disciple. The principal image is the Triple Treasures, and chanting the title of the Lotus Sutra, "Namu Myoho Renge Kyo," is considered correct practice. In the Jinmon school, the first of the Three Treasures is the Buddha, Shakyamuni World-Honored, the Eternally True Original Buddha; the Law, the Lotus Sutra, which is considered to be the True Dharma; and the monk, Nichiren Daishonin (as the Jinmon school refers to Nichiren). The doctrine is one of superiority or inferiority based on the theory of Shakyamuni's original Buddhahood. Nijin studied under Nissei at Honkoku-ji Temple (Kyoto City), and was given Sanjo Honjo-ji Temple in Echigo Province (Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture) by Nissei prior to his passing, at which point he founded the Nijinmon school. In 1406, Nijin founded Honzen-ji Temple to spread Buddhism in Kyoto. (Original) 徳栄山 総持院 本妙寺（ほんみょうじ）は、都電荒川線の新庚申塚停留場の南東550mほどの東京都豊島区巣鴨に伽藍を構える法華宗陣門流の別院です。 元亀2年（1572年）智存院日慶が開山、徳川家康の家臣らのうち、三河国額田郡の海雲山長福寺（現 愛知県岡崎市）という古刹の檀家で徳川家に仕えた久世広宣・大久保忠勝・大久保康忠・阿倍忠政らが、家康が岡崎から遠州曳馬（現 浜松市）への入城に際し、日慶上人にお願いして創建されました。 天正18年（1590年）徳川家康は関東奉行に命じられて江戸城に入った際、依を受けていた久世広宣、大久保忠勝に企りこの年に武蔵国豊島郡の江戸城清水御門内礫川町に移りましたが間もなく御用地になった為、飯田町に替地を与えられ転居しました。伽藍壮麗で板屋寺と呼ばれ、評判は家康の耳にも達していたといいます。 慶長年間（1596〜1615年）に類焼したので牛込門内に移りました。 元和2年（1616年）安藤対馬丸の助力を得て小石川（現在東京都文京区）へ移し、本堂、客殿、鐘楼を建立しました。 寛永13年（1636年）小石川の堂塔伽藍が全焼し、この時、久世家の尽力によって、幕府から指定された替地の本郷丸山（東京都文京区本郷）へ移り客殿、庫裡を建立しました。立地条件も良く、明治の終わりまでの約270年間はこの地を離れなかったので異称を「丸山様」といわれるようになりました。 丸山の本妙寺の敷地は拝領地が4910坪（約1,620 m2）、無年貢が247坪半（約816.75 m2）と広く、この中に九間四面の本堂、客殿、書院、庫裡、鐘楼、塔頭の十二ヶ寺がありました。現在も本郷4丁目付近に「本妙寺坂」なる地名が残されています。 明暦3年（1657年）明暦の大火（振袖火事）の火元は本妙寺とされていますが、本妙寺の近くにあった老中 阿倍忠秋の屋敷だったのを火元を引き受けたという説もあります。 明治41年（1908年）丸山本郷の地を去り、現在の豊島区巣鴨の地へ移転しました。当時は見渡す限り大根畑だったといいます。背景としては明治26年（1893年）に総本山の本成寺が火災によって失われた本成寺再建の為です。本成寺の塔頭6ヶ院（円立院、本行院、本蔵院、本立院、円行院、感應院）を廃して巣鴨の地に移転しました。 昭和20年（1945年）大東亜戦争時に米軍による東京大空襲で鐘楼と山門の片側以外すべてを失いました。本尊は防空壕に安置し、一部書物は疎開していて無事でした。 境内には、時代劇で有名な江戸北町奉行の遠山金四郎景元の墓（東京都指定旧跡）や、北辰一刀流の流祖の千葉周作の墓などがあります。 法華宗陣門流（ほっけしゅうじんもんりゅう）は、日蓮（にちれん：1222〜1282年）を宗祖（高祖）とし、日陣（にちじん：1339～1414年）を派祖（門祖）とする仏教の日蓮門下の一派です。本尊は三宝尊で、法華経の題目「南無妙法蓮華経」を唱えること（唱題）を正行（しょうぎょう）とします。 陣門流では、三宝の第一を、仏は久遠実成本仏釈迦牟尼世尊とし、法は正法ととらえている妙法蓮華経（法華経）とし、僧は日蓮大聖人（陣門流の使用する日蓮の呼び方）とします。教義は釈迦本仏論で勝劣派です。 日陣は、本圀寺（京都市）日静を師として修学し、日静より遷化に先立ち越後国三条本成寺（新潟県三条市）を与えられ、日陣門流を興しました。応永13年（1406年）日陣は京での布教のため、本禅寺を創建しました。