Shoshuji - Fukuroi

I received a red stamp.

There were many cats. The priest was helpful.

I stopped by on a tour of the Seven Lucky Gods of Enshu. I wanted to hear the explanation of the priest, but I was busy ❌. That's too bad.

I heard that it was a lotus temple, but all the lotus was dead and it seemed like a deadly landscape.

Enshu 33 Kannon Sacred Ground 16th Religious Place

"Ryutomiyama Matsuhideji" is a Soto sect temple built by Masatoshi Daiyasu in the first year of Bunkame (1501) during the Warring States period. In addition to the Jizo Bodhisattva, which is said to have been washed ashore on the coast in the olden days, the Buddhist Bodhisattva Bodhisattva, the Holy Kanzeon Bodhisattva, and the Tosho Yakushi Nyorai are also enshrined. The secret Buddha "Tosho Yakushi Nyorai (Note)" is said to be opened once every 12 years in the year of the Tiger. It is also the 16th temple of Enshu 33 Kannon Sacred Ground and the 43rd temple of Totomi 49 Yakushi Sacred Ground. The mountain gate is hung with a magnificent flat frame, which was evoked as "Ryutomiyama" by the Zen master of the Kokei sect of Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto. "Morning Kannon" next to the mountain gate is gaining faith because it is said that if you visit early in the morning, your legs will become stronger and your pain will be relieved. Benten Pond, which stretches to the west, is beautifully colored with water lilies in the summer. It is said that the name of the mountain and temple is derived from the fact that the large pine tree in the shape of a dragon, which covered Ryujin Pond (Benten Pond) when the temple was built, was beautiful. Akiha Sohonden's heavy-duty gabled temple (main hall) was originally located in Matsuhideji, but it was sold to Akiha Sohonden in 1887 because it was too large to carry. After that, the main hall rebuilt by Matsuhideji was destroyed by the Tonankai earthquake that occurred in 1944 during the Pacific War, so the current main hall was rebuilt after the war. Tosho Yakushi Nyorai also worshiped Ieyasu Tokugawa when he was in Hamamatsu. There are various theories that he was granted to pray for the healing of eye diseases, that he thought he was a reborn of Tosho Yakushi Nyorai, or that he simply liked the name "Tosho". However, for that reason, Ieyasu seems to be enshrined in Toshogu Shrines all over Japan as "Tosho Daigongen". When I learned that "Tosho" in Toshogu, which is numerous in Japan, including Nikko and Kunozan, was derived from Tosho Yakushi Nyorai in Matsuhideji, I wanted to know the origin of the name "Toshogu" for many years. Cleared my heart at once. As the flag of "Samsung Jodo", Ieyasu may have relied on the protection of Tosho Yakushi Nyorai in order to "retire" the "Sengoku" and "Pure Land". And I think that wish was fulfilled in the form of Taihei's "Edo period" for 260 years. By the way, I'm sorry for the amateur's interpretation, but Ieyasu's application in the attached photo can be read as "If three prayers such as healing of eye diseases are fulfilled, the hall will be built." (Note) The "Tosho Yakushi Nyorai Statue" was originally enshrined at "Toshozan Heifukuji", which was about 800m north, but Matsuhide after Heifukuji was abandoned due to the abolition of Buddha in the Meiji era. It was moved to a temple. "Tosho-do" still remains at the site of Hirafuku-ji Temple, so please visit it as well.