Kansai Minobu

...The temple was built in the early Edo period with the support and protection of the Nose clan, a hatamoto lord descended from the feudal lords of the Kamakura period. It was also called "Kansai Minobu" and became the center of Myoken faith, and Myoken-gu ko was formed in the Settsu, Tanba, and Yamashiro regions, attracting many pilgrims. Currently, it is the central temple of the Nichiren sect in Kansai, and the Nose Electric Railway Line runs from Kawanishi Noseguchi Station on the Hankyu Takarazuka Line to Myokenguchi Station in Yoshikawa, Toyono-cho, and furthermore, a cable car and lift run from Kurokawa in Kawanishi City to the top of the mountain, and inns and souvenir shops line the front of the gate. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kansai Minobu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…鎌倉時代の地頭領主の系譜を有する旗本能勢氏の援助と保護によって江戸時代初期に伽藍が整備された。〈関西身延〉とも呼ばれて妙見信仰の中心となり，摂津･丹波･山城地方に妙見宮講が結成されて多くの参詣者を集めた。現在は関西における日蓮宗の中心寺院で，阪急宝塚線川西能勢口駅から豊能町吉川の妙見口駅まで能勢電鉄線，さらに川西市黒川からケーブルカーとリフトが山頂に延び，門前には旅館，みやげ物店が並ぶ。…

※「関西身延」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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