The , is an
archaeological site with the ruins of a
Heian period Buddhist temple
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located in the Tsuboi neighborhood of the city of
Habikino, Osaka,
Japan
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. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a
National Historic Site in 1957.
Overview
The Tsuboi area of Habiniko is the birthplace of the
Kawachi Genji clan, descended from
Minamoto no Yorinobu (968–1048). The Kawachi Genji included
Minamoto no Yoshiie who was the common ancestor of nearly all the major Minamoto generals of the
Genpei War
The was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself ...
including
Minamoto no Yoritomo. The temple was founded in 1043 by Yorinobu's son
Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, who found a life-sized image of
Senjū Kannon in the ruins of a burned down hermitage, and decided to build a new temple which would be the ''
bodaiji'' of his clan. The
main image of the new temple was an
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, and the statue of Senjū Kannon was also installed. Following the exploits of his son
Minamoto no Yoshiie in the
Zenkunen War, and the
Gosannen War, which earned him the sobrquet "Hachiman-tarō", the
Tsuboi Hachimangū was also erected to the northwest of the temple.
The temple was burned down during the wars of the
Nanboku-chō period. In the
Edo Period, Tada Yoshinao, a descendent of the Kawachi Genji, petitioned
Shogun
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Tokugawa Tsunayoshi to restore the temple.
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period. He was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate and a favourite of the fifth shōgun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. His second concubine was Ogimachi Machiko, a writer and scholar from the noble court who wrote ...
was appointed
bugyō to oversee the reconstruction. However, in 1868, with the
Meiji restoration and the ''
Haibutsu kishaku'' policies the new
Meiji government, the temple was abandoned.
At present, only the
Sanmon gate and the ''
shōryō'' bell tower remain. The temple also has what it claims to be the tomb of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and some ''
tōrō'' stone lanterns that were donated during the time of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu. The tombs of Minamoto no Yorinobu and Minamoto no Yoshiie are in the hills some 200 meters the southeast.
The temple site is about a 20-minute walk from
Kaminotaishi Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. The station is also the nearest station to the town of Taishi where no train station is locat ...
on the
Kintetsu Railway Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line
is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway connecting in Osaka and in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture via Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, and Katsuragi and Yamato-Takada in Nara Prefe ...
.
Gallery
File:Tsuho-ji (Habikino), keidai.jpg, Precincts
File:Tsuho-ji (Habikino), haka.jpg, Graves of the priests of Tsūhō-ji
File:Tomb of Minamoto no Yorinobu.jpg, Minamoto no Yorinobu grave
File:Tomb of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi.jpg, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi grave
File:Tomb of Minamoto no Yoshiie.jpg, Minamoto no Yoshiie grave
See also
*
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Osaka)
References
External links
Habikino city home page Habikino City Tourist Office
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Buddhist temples in Osaka Prefecture
Habikino
Kawachi Province
Minamoto clan
Historic Sites of Japan
Buddhist archaeological sites in Japan