January Temple

This is the main temple of the Konsen school of the Fuke sect, which was established in Kogane, Shimousa Province (present Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture). It is said to have been founded by the Chinese Song monk Konsen, who came to Japan in 1254 (Kencho 6) and spread the Fuke sect, but Konsen disappeared during his travels and only Risho, who came to Japan with him, lived there. During the Edo period, ronin and destitute people lived there, but in 1677 (Enpo 5) the shogunate ordered the hiding of exiled people who had violated the Taho law. Along with Suzuhoji Temple in Musashi-Shinmachi (Ome City, Tokyo), it was known as a branch temple of the Komuso sect in the Kanto region, but it was abandoned in 1871 (Meiji 4) when the Fuke sect was abolished.

[Yoshiaki Ishigami]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

下総(しもうさ)国小金(こがね)（現千葉県松戸市）に開かれた普化(ふけ)宗金先(こんせん)派の本寺。1254年（建長6）来朝し、普化宗を広めた中国、宋(そう)の僧金先の創建とされるが、金先は遍歴中不明となり、いっしょに来朝した理正(りしょう)だけが住していた。江戸時代には浪人や零落者が住したが、1677年（延宝5）幕府の命により、大法を犯した追放人などの隠匿が禁止された。武蔵(むさし)新町（東京都青梅(おうめ)市）の鈴法寺(れいほうじ)とともに関東における虚無僧(こむそう)の触頭(ふれがしら)として知られたが、1871年（明治4）普化宗の廃止に伴い廃寺となった。

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