Gojiin - Gojiin

This Shingon sect temple was located in Nishiki-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. It began in 1688 (Genroku 1) when Ryuko (1649-1724), who had received the patronage of the 5th Tokugawa Shogun Tsunayoshi, moved Chisoku-in in Yushima. In 1695, it became a place of prayer for the Shogunate and was renamed Goji-in. Ryuko became the head priest of the Shingon sect of Buddhism's Shingi school and passed on his teachings to the Chisan and Buzan schools. Goji-in was therefore superior to the Chisan and Buzan schools and enjoyed great influence, but after Tsunayoshi's death Ryuko left and the temple gradually declined. When it burned down in 1717 (Kyoho 2), the shogunate merged it with Gokokuji Temple in Otowa (Otsuka, Bunkyo Ward) and called the main temple Gojiin, but after the Meiji period, this name was abolished.

[Katsumata Toshinori]

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東京都千代田区神田錦(にしき)町にあった新義真言宗の寺。1688年（元禄1）、徳川5代将軍綱吉(つなよし)の帰依(きえ)を受けた隆光(りゅうこう)（1649―1724）が湯島の知足院(ちそくいん)を移したのに始まる。1695年幕府の祈願所となって護持院と改称した。隆光は真言宗新義一派の僧録司(そうろくす)となり、命を智山(ちさん)派と豊山(ぶざん)派に伝えたため、以後、護持院は智豊両山の上位にあってその威を誇ったが、綱吉の死後は隆光も去り、しだいに衰微した。1717年（享保2）焼失すると、幕府はこれを音羽(おとわ)（文京区大塚）の護国寺に合併し、本坊を護持院と称したが、明治以後その寺名も廃された。

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