Senkoji - Iwata

Place related to Ieyasu Tokugawa

You should watch the Bonsho donated by Ieyasu rather than the temple itself.

According to Teraden, it was founded in the first year of Keicho (1596). Kazan is a temple of the Soto sect that was opened by the 25th Obuchiryudo temple Shogun of Myogonji (Toyokawa City). Located in the old Tokaido Mitsuke-juku, there are still several small alleys that enter Yokomachi along the highway, one of which is at the back of the alley called Jizokoji. The origin of Jizo-koji is said to be the name given to the place where Enmei Jizo is enshrined in the Jizo-do temple in the precincts of Senkou-ji since ancient times. Inside the Jizo-do is the Enmei Jizo Bodhisattva, a wooden carving statue made by the Heian period, which is 1,4 m high and is said to be one of Japan's third generation Jizo. Fudasho Honson is an eleven-faced Kanzeon Bodhisattva.

It is located north of Mitsuke-juku on the old Tokaido. It is a temple with a beautiful garden with a large site. The gems and Senkoji are Soto sect, and the principal image is the eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva. It is the 17th temple of the Enshu 33 Kannon Sacred Ground Tour, but it is famous for the Enmei Jizo Bodhisattva, a wooden statue made in the Heian period, which is said to be one of the three major Jizo statues in Japan. Also known as a substitute Jizo, there is a fine Jizo-do next to the main hall. In the Battle of Mikatagahara, Ieyasu Tokugawa, who was chased by Takeda, set fire in the city when he escaped to Mitsuke and attempted to sprinkle his enemies. To help the townspeople trying to escape the fire, Jizo turned into a toddler and extinguished the fire despite being burned. Ieyasu, who was deeply devoted to Jizo, later became a world-renowned man and donated a bonsho. Bishamonten statue and Fudo Myo are on both sides of the Jizo Bodhisattva statue. The founding of Senkoji Temple is unknown. It used to be Ji-shu, but it was converted to Soto-sect by the chief priest of Myoganji Temple (Toyokawa Inari) in Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture. Toyokawa Inari is enshrined in the precincts.

Senkoji Temple, which is also the 17th temple of the Enshu 33 Kannon Sacred Ground, is a Soto sect temple at the end of Myoganji Temple (Toyokawa Inari), which was founded in 1596 during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Toyokawa Inari, who enshrines the Eleven-faced Kanzeon Bodhisattva as the principal idol and solicited from the main temple, is also gaining faith. In the inner camp of "Enmei-do" in the west of the main hall, there are the Jizo Bodhisattva sitting statue (Enmei Jizo Bodhisattva) and Bishamon Tenritsu statue, which were made in the latter half of the Heian period and are designated cultural properties by Shizuoka Prefecture, as well as the statue of Fudo Myo, a cultural property designated by Iwata City. A child-rearing Jizo statue made by Mokujiki is also enshrined. As shown in the photo, Ieyasu Tokugawa donated a cultural property designated by Iwata City for the Echigen Jizo Bodhisattva, which he worshiped in 1587 (Tensho 15) to memorialize many warlords who died during the Warring States period. It is said that he was spared the metal donation during the Pacific War because of the inscription "Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu". It may be a little difficult to understand that "Ieyasu Gen" is Ieyasu Tokugawa, but since it was necessary to follow the flow of Genji in order to obtain the official position of "Shogun", "Ason" I also used the name of the Minamoto clan, "Ieyasu." By the way, when he was appointed to "Jugoi Mamoru Mikawa", he changed his surname from "Matsudaira" to "Tokugawa" and changed his name to "Mr. Fujiwara". In addition, it seems that he used the "Toyotomi" surname, and he used the surname properly for the convenience of the occasion. Ieyasu's mother, Odai, is the daughter of Mizuno Tadamasa, so it's true that the mother is Seiwa Genji, whose ancestor is Emperor Seiwa. There are various theories that he was a landlord of Mikawa (around Matsudaira-cho, Toyota City?), So it is not clear.