Kichijoji

Japanese: 吉祥寺 - きちじょうじ

[1] A Soto Zen temple in Honkomagome, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. Its mountain name is Suwayama. It was founded in the Wadakura Gate of Edo Castle by Ota Dokan in the Choroku era ( 1457-60 ), with Seigen Shuyo as its founder. In 1590 , Tokugawa Ieyasu moved it to Kandadai (north of Suidobashi Bridge) when Edo Castle was constructed, and moved it to its current location after the great fire of 1657. In 1595 , Sendanrin was established for the study of Soto Zen. [2] The name of the area around Kichijoji Station on the Chuo Line in the eastern part of Musashino City, Tokyo. The area was named after the residents of Kichijoji Temple Town who moved here after the great fire of Meireki. It is now a residential area, and the area in front of the station, which is served by the JR Chuo Line and Keio Inokashira Line, is a major commercial district. [3] A Jodo sect temple in Kichijoji-cho, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu City. Its mountain name is Tanjo-san (Bancho). It is the birthplace of Daisho Masamune Kokushi (Bencho), the founder of the Jodo sect Chinzei-ryu school. [4] A Hokke sect (Honmon-ryu) temple in Sadowara-cho, Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture. Its mountain name is Ebi-san ( Ebi-san ). It was founded in 1578 by Shimazu Iku, the lord of the Sadowara domain, with Nisshu as the founder. Sadowara Kishimojin. Kisho-ji.

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Japanese:

[一] 東京都文京区本駒込にある曹洞宗の寺。山号は諏訪山。長祿年間（一四五七‐六〇）太田道灌が青厳周陽を開山に江戸城の和田倉門内に創建。天正一八年（一五九〇）徳川家康が江戸城造営の際神田台（水道橋北側）に移し、明暦三年（一六五七）の大火ののち現在地に移転。文祿四年（一五九五）曹洞禅の修学のために旃檀林(せんだんりん)を創始した。[二] 東京都武蔵野市の東部、中央線吉祥寺駅を中心とする一帯の地名。明暦の大火後、吉祥寺門前町の住民がこの地に転居したところから、その名がある。現在は住宅地として発展し、ＪＲ中央本線、京王井の頭線が通じる駅前は、商業集積がいちじるしい。[三] 北九州市八幡西区吉祥寺町にある浄土宗の寺。山号は誕生山。浄土宗鎮西流の始祖、大紹正宗国師（弁長）誕生の地。[四] 宮崎県宮崎郡佐土原町にある法華宗（本門流）の寺。山号は恵日山。天正六年（一五七八）佐土原藩主島津以久が、日種を開山に創建。佐土原鬼子母神。きっしょうじ。

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