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  • 02/24/2011
  • 02/25/2021

Sengakuji Temple

Sengakuji Temple (羈?絏喝?)?is located in Takanawa, which is near Shinagawa. Sengakuji was founded in 1612 by Monan Sokan (???綺球?????),? on the command of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (緇喝??絎九嵯).? After the first temple was burnt down in 1641, it was rebuilted in the present location. Sengakuji is famous for the episode of the 47 Samurai of Ako (莎ょ????????筝?紕?). In the 18th century, Asano Naganori (羌??????欠??), the Daimyo (紊у??, feudal lord) of Ako (莎ょ??) was forced to Seppuku (??????, suicide, the word ‘Harakiri’ may be better?known), due to the plot of Kira Yoshinaka (??????奨紊?), Asano’s superior.? 47 of Asano’s men killed Kira for revenge.? For committing? the crime of murder, the 47 Samurais?were sentenced to Seppuku.? The graves of Asano and the 47 Samurais are in Sengakuji. This true story gained big popularity, matched to the Japanese ideal of loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor.? Dramatized stories were made, and were out on theaters.? “Chushingura (綽???ｈ??)”, the fiction story of the Ako Samurais, is still a famous play of Kabuki (罩????篌?). At Sengakuji, there is a memorial hall of Ako Samurais, where items connected to Ako Samurais are exhibited.? Also, Gishisai (臂??腑?, festival for Ako Samurais) is held every December 13th and 14th. […]

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  • 10/26/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Festival at Sensoji, Asakusa, Tokyo

Sensoji Temple (羌????絲?) is the oldest temple in Tokyo, always crowded with?worshippers and tourists. The birth of Sensoji was in A.D. 628, when the Hinokuma brothers found a pagod at the river.? The temple kept expanding throughout the Middle and Modern Ages, but the main hall, the five-story tower, and other facilities?were burnt down during WW2. The temple was rebuilt during the 1950s-60s.? The rebuilding?united the behavers closer than ever, and afterwards, dance performances dedicated to the temple were started by local behavers. These dances are still performed every November 3rd.? There will be dances of egret, gold dragon, and the Seven Gods. Sensoji Temple will be crowded than ever on this day, but?the beauty of the performance?is worth getting mobbed 🙂 — Higherground Co.,Ltd. 2-8-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-6459-2230 HP:http://www.higherground.co.jp/ TOP PAGE:?https://livingtokyo.net/

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  • 10/19/2010
  • 03/03/2021

Tsukiji Honganji Temple

If you visit Tsukiji, you will see many tourists. More than half of them came for Tsukiji Fish Market, and the others came to visit?Tsukiji Honganji Temple (膀???井????絲?). Tsukiji Honganji Temple is a temple of Jodo-shinshu (羌???????絎?, Shin Buddhism).? It is a branch of Nishi Honganji (茱炊????絲?) in Kyoto. Tsukiji Honganji Temple was first built near Asakusa in 1617.? After it was burnt down in 1657, it was moved to Tsukiji in 1679.? The word Tsukiji literally means “built-up land”, pointing to the fact that this district was obviously reclaimed land.? When the Hondo (?????, Main Worhip Hall)?was built on this land, the temple came to be called Tsukiji Gobo (膀???医勝???). The present architecture of the temple was completed in 1934.? As with most other buildings in Tokyo, the previous grand wooden temple building was lost in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. The present ferro-concrete temple building was completed in 1934.The style of the cathedral ceiling is of ancient India, where Buddhism was born. — Higherground Co.,Ltd. 2-8-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-6459-2230 HP:http://www.higherground.co.jp/ TOP PAGE:?https://livingtokyo.net/