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This time, I visited Ryozenji Temple, a Jodo sect temple and the family temple of Ogawa Magozan, who helped Tokugawa Ieyasu to cross the Iga River.
This Ryozenji is also the site of a stone tablet called “Fujieda Goshoin” that I have been planning and selling.
It is now on sale at ↓’s Fujieda Factory to rave reviews.
The story of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ogawa Magozo can be found in the following article.
Ryozenji Temple
Ryozenji Temple of the Jodo sect, Komyozan Goshinin Temple, was apparently founded in the Muromachi period (1486) when a statue of Zendo Daishi, a Buddhist priest, was salvaged from the sea and enshrined at this site. In fact, it is said that the gate of Ryozenji Temple is a relocated version of the back gate of Tanaka Castle.
In the 4th year of Meiji (1871), the building of Tanaka Castle was sold to the private sector, and the back gate became the gate of Ryozen-ji Temple.
It is said that this gate was relocated.
Precincts of Ryozenji Temple
Just by the side of the gate is a small stone-made sign? There is a small stone signboard just beside the gate.
It says “Bodaiji Temple of Sunzo Ogawa. On the right side of the gate, there is a blackboard that reads “Otosan boku no yochien kita ikiyou ikiyou that day you and I will be classmates.
This is a poem written by children and their guardians, and is called “Oyamori Uta” (“Song for Guardians”). This poem seems to have been selected for the Shizuoka Prefecture Board of Education Superintendent’s Award.
It’s kind of nice, isn’t it? I’m so happy, I’m about to cry.
Once inside, like all temples, it’s always beautifully maintained – even when you go there!
It feels good.
There is a bell and a Jizo (Buddhist statue).
Tomb of the Ogawa Family
As I mentioned earlier, this Ryozenji is also the family temple of Ogawa Magozo.
So, below is a grave marker next to the Ogawa family grave. The names of the successive heads of the Ogawa family are engraved.
I was careful not to show other graves in the cemetery.
We also put our hands together to thank them for the goods they made for us.
It is said that there are 106 Buddhist temples and shrines in Fujieda City. The exact number is not known.
It seems that one of the reasons for this is that there are many cultural and historical sites and ruins such as Hanakura Castle Ruins, Tanaka Castle Ruins, Asahiyama Castle Ruins, and so on.
I moved here from Tokyo in 2023, and I am slowly but surely enjoying visiting temples.
I hope you all will too!
Name：Dozenji
Address: 1-4-1 Tenno-cho, Fujieda-shi, Shizuoka 426-0019
