五百羅漢跡

Only a stone monument and a signboard for explanation. I read the explanation with great interest, but I also wanted to see the actual 500 Arhats. I strongly thought. (^-^) /

Gohyaku Rakan is a temple of the Obaku sect, which was founded by Genroku Matsuun in 1695. Zen masters went to Edo during the Jokyo era (1684-1688) and began carving wooden Rakan statues in the 4th year of Genroku (1691). In the 8th year of Genroku (1695), Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa gave him the temple name of Tenonzan 500 Rakan-ji Temple and a temple site of more than 6,000 tsubo, and 536 bodies such as Rakan statues he had enshrined were enshrined here. The Sankodo of this temple is called "Sazaedo" because the corridor spirals up to the 3rd floor and it looks like a turban shell, or because the pronunciation of the turban shell and the turban shell are similar. It was one of the famous places in Edo that attracted many worshipers. There are two existing signposts in the ward that show the route to the 500 Arhats. Rakanji Temple moved to Honjo Midoricho (currently Sumida Ward) in 1887, and then to its current location (Meguro Ward) in 1909. The stone pillars that remain here were built in 1958 to show the remains of the 500 Arhats. March 2008 Koto Ward Board of Education

It seems that it has been relocated, leaving the foundation stones for the pillars.

There was an inscription and an explanation board, and it was written as follows. Five hundred Rakan is a Buddhist temple of the Obaku sect, which was founded in 1695 by Gensuke Zenmomu. The Zen master went to Edo during the Sakai year (1684-1688), and began carving wooden Rakan statues in 1691. In 1695, Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi gave the temple name of Tenonsan Hyaku-rakanji and a temple land of 6,000 tsubo, and there were 536 statues and statues of Rakan. I enshrined. At Sanso-do of this temple, the corridor continues spirally up to the third floor, and because it looks like a turban, or because the three-south and turban are similar in pronunciation. It was called Sazae-do, and it was one of the Edo famous spots that attracted many visitors. Within the ward, there are two guideposts that show the way to Rakan. Rakanji moved to Honjo Midoricho (now Sumida Ward) in 1887 (Meiji 20), and then moved to its present location (Meguro Ward) in 1909. The stone pillars that remain here were built in 1958 to show the 500 Hyakkan traces.

From the 8th year of Genroku (1695) to the beginning of the Meiji era, there was Gohyaku Rakanji Temple here. Hiroshige Utagawa's "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" is depicted as "500 Rakan Sazaedo", and Katsushika Hokusai draws "Thirty-six Views of Mt. It was one of the famous places in Edo. It has now moved to Meguro and has only a monument and foundation stones. Currently, "Rakanji" opposite the intersection is another temple that has nothing to do with "Gohyaku Rakanji".

A long time ago, it was like a theme park in Edo ?

There are facilities such as Desnyland in various parts of Japan when it comes to theme parks, but there were places in the Edo era where it was strange to call them theme parks. It is a 500 Hyakukan Temple at the time of the Edo Honjo (currently Oshima, Sumida-ku). Photographs (Tourist guidebook of the Edo period Edo famous place exhibition) There were 500 statues of Arhat enshrined in corridors from both sides of the main hall. The statue of Arhat has a different expression and is carved carefully, which has attracted the great popularity of the Edo people. There were so many spectators that they were separated by fences and made one way. (Picture) The Sazae-do, located at the lower left of the meeting, is a rare three-story high-rise building at that time, and the scenery seen from it was like a modern sky tree, and the Edo kid swept away. Fuji seen from Sazaeido seems to be a superb view. Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Togoku “500 Hyakukanji Saza-do” (Ukiyo-e) That Katsushika Hokusai's painting on the thirty-six views of Togoku must have been a very popular place. Such a theme park in Edo also lost the protection of the Tokugawa family during the Meiji Restoration, and was destroyed by the abolition of the Buddha from the Meiji government as if to overthrow, and the Rakan statue was destroyed, and it was almost burned by the gold leaf of the Rakan statue . After that, the temple was forcibly removed twice, and the number of statues of the Arhat was reduced from 536 to 305, and the state of Meguro was settled, but further difficulties awaited. (PC drawing) The main hall was devastated by the storm in Taisho 6 and suffered catastrophic damage in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1912. It was said that the statue of the Arhat was protected by the rain and rain until it was rebuilt as it was in 1981. Currently, the mountain gate of Arhat Temple in Meguro. At the entrance of the front gate, there is a bronze statue of one of the five hundred Arhats, the "Impossible Legal Person". (PC drawing) A part of the 500 Arhat statue on display. (Photo) When I visited, it was a mysterious atmosphere that there was no viewer other than me and I was facing the statue of Arhat. Also, considering that the Edo commoners used to be in line to see these statues, this silence makes us feel the isolation of history.