【Jodo Shinshu Honganji Sect Kasuizan Jokanji Temple】
Sōsō Shinran Saint about 800 years
Kaiki Joshin Jojin about 700 years ago
Founded: Eijin
Zhongxing XIII Shōkan Sōjin
Although it was founded during the Eihito year, due to the great fire of Matsuzaki Village during the Genroku period, only the Honzon was saved and burned down, and after that, it was a temporary Main Hall, but it was rebuilt by Shokanjin during the Hiroka year and continues to the present.
The Main Hall is a purple hall, and the worship rainbow beam is carved by the hand of Ishida Hanbei, a master of sword carving in the Edo period. Hanbei's works are few and far between, and his powerful sword movements are unparalleled.
The ceiling and Ranma of the chancel of the Main Hall are also colorfully painted with stucco trowel paintings by master craftsman Cove Chohachi from the late Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji era.
In addition, it is said that Chukō Shōkan Jojin opened a cram school from the Kansei period, and as a private school of Huashui, it produced more than 530 children and disciples, and was the oldest and largest cram school among the many cram schools in the prefecture.
March 1953
The 17th Generation of Mt. Hirotaka
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