Kouhanji - Hitachiomiya

Greatness of large ginkgo, stairs next to stairs. And a tengu. Those who climb can enjoy the victory.

The temple visits the Temple of the Flower and the residence is very kind, and various stories and tourist information, tea and tea sweets are also available in the service. It seems to be Kakuji.

It is located on the hill seen from No. 293, and is the fourth temple of flowers. There is a large ginkgo.

It is a temple of Boken Bodhisattva, who protects the deity of the year of the New Year. The principal image of Fugen Bosatsu alone is rare. It is also a temple with a long history. Please note that there is a slope here basically.

It is a temple that enshrines Samantabhadra of the year of the Snake. The main hall and the garden are in good condition, It is a quiet temple in the countryside and the atmosphere is calm. Thank you for visiting us. Overall it was very good, but it's a pity that there was no temple office and I couldn't get the red stamp. I would like to bring a sutra copy in the near future.

This is also one of the flower temples. You can drive up to the precincts, but it's better to park in the parking lot below and go up the stairs.

It's the 4th temple of flowers. The reading is Kouhanji Temple. There is a big ginkgo tree and the season of autumn leaves is very beautiful.

Flower Temple No. 4. The precincts are well maintained. The stone steps-the big ginkgo that is right after climbing is wonderful. In the 3rd year of Kenmu Kaibu (1336), the Satake clan of the Northern Court defeated the Kusunoki group of the Urizura South, and Yoshiharu, the third son of Sadayoshi Satake, took the official position of Hitachisuke and the Ota Takeishi mansion (8 kan 500). Given the territories of Shirakata (300 kanbun), Kogame (100 kanbun), and Okadago (150 kanbun), he built a castle in Ose, the center of the territory, and named him. In the third year of Koei (1344), he started shaving and ran a small hermitage at the main gate of the castle area, which was the foundation of the Ose clan's family temple. After his death, he worshiped the Jizo Bodhisattva on the western side of the mountain and was revered as the incarnation of Yoshiharu. In the first year of Kaisan Kanyo (1350), Yoshiharu's third son, Satoru Satoru (childhood nickname Takashige), learned from Yumeso Sekiseki and invited Yusou Sekiseki. The temple was opened with the help of Masu. Satake clan, national change to Akita Mr. Satake was transferred to Akita due to the postwar treatment of Sekigahara, and in 1602, the Ose clan also moved to Akita according to the Soke family and became the territory of the Mito clan. At the time of the Onawa (kenchi) of Zenbei Hakamada Eisai, Eisai changed the character to Kouhanji Temple. In the first year of Keian (1648), the third shogunate of the Edo Shogunate, Iemitsu, gave us 15 red stamps, 5 to 1 go, 6 stones from Terauchi, 7 to 3 squares, and 4 go. It became. Visiting Mitsukuni Tokugawa of the Mito Domain In the 5th year of Genroku (1693), Mitsukuni visited the mountain for two nights and three days and wrote Chinese poetry. Since I took a bath in the clear stream of the stream in front of the gate, the whole area was called Odomebuchi, and the general public was prohibited from entering as a sacred place. In the 6th year of Genroku (1694), an old Jizo Bodhisattva was donated to the mountain. The abolition of the Buddha of the Meiji Restoration Government at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. It became the sonno jōi of Nariaki, the lord of the Mito domain at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and developed into a turmoil in the life of Tengu. I forced the people to do that. The temple became unemployed, the temple was devastated, and many temple treasures, including the principal image of Shakyamuni Buddha, disappeared. In 1896, the Edo Shogunate repatriated the great government, and due to the Shinbutsu bunri decree, the temple was requisitioned by the Meiji government, leaving a town walk in the precincts.