Zenkoji Temple

Japanese: 善光寺 - ぜんこうじ

[1] A temple located in Nagano Motozencho, Nagano City. The main hall of the independent religious corporation is managed by the Tendai sect Daikanjin and the Jodo sect Daihongan. The mountain name is Jogakusan. It is said to have begun in the first year of the reign of Emperor Kogyoku ( 642 ), when Honda ( Ta) Zenko (also known as Wakaomi Azumando) of Oumi Village, Shinano Province (Nagano Prefecture ) founded a temple and enshrined the Amida Buddha of the One Light Triad that had been handed down from the three provinces. It has been a constant source of pilgrimage to Zenkoji Temple since ancient times. The current main hall is a representative building from the mid-Edo period and is a national treasure. Shinano Zenkoji. [2] A Jodo sect temple located in Zenkojicho, Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The mountain name is Jogakusan. It is said that in 1558 , Takeda Shingen founded the temple by moving the Amida Triad from Zenkoji Temple in Shinano Province (Nagano Prefecture). The founder was Kyoku of Zenkoji Daihongan in Shinano Province. The principal image was later moved around to Owari, Totomi and other provinces before returning to Zenkoji Temple in Shinano in 1598. As a result, the temple was left uninhabited, but in the early Edo period, the reverence of Zojoji Temple was revived. Shinzenkoji. Kai Zenkoji. Kofu Zenkoji. [3 ] A Jodo sect temple in Usu Town, Date City, Hokkaido. The mountain name is Daiusuyama. It houses an incarnation of the principal image of Zenkoji Temple in Shinano Province (Nagano Prefecture). It is said to have been founded during the Tencho era ( 824-834 ), and in 1804, it became one of the three official temples established by the Tokugawa Shogunate for the development of Ezo , and invited Shokai to visit it.

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Japanese:

[一] 長野市長野元善町にある寺。単立宗教法人の本堂を天台宗大勧進と浄土宗大本願とが管理している。山号は定額山。皇極天皇元年（六四二）信濃国（長野県）麻績(おうみ)里の本多（田）善光（一説に若麻績東人(わかおみのあずまんど)とも）が堂宇を創建し、三国伝来の一光三尊の阿彌陀仏を安置したのが始まりと伝えられる。古来善光寺参りとして参詣者が絶えない。現在の本堂は江戸中期の代表的建築物で国宝。信濃善光寺。[二] 山梨県甲府市善光寺町にある浄土宗の寺。山号は定額山。永祿元年（一五五八）武田信玄が信濃国（長野県）の善光寺から本尊の阿彌陀三尊像を移して開創したと伝えられる。開山は信濃国善光寺大本願の鏡空。のち本尊は尾張、遠江などの国々を転々として、慶長三年（一五九八）信濃の善光寺に帰座。そのため当寺は無住となったが、江戸初期、増上寺の仰誉が再興。新善光寺。甲斐善光寺。甲府善光寺。[三] 北海道伊達市有珠町にある浄土宗の寺。山号は大臼山。信濃国（長野県）善光寺の本尊の分身を安置する。天長年間（八二四‐八三四）の開創とされ、文化元年（一八〇四）徳川幕府が蝦夷(えぞ)開発のために設けた三官寺の一つとなり、荘海を招請。うす善光寺。

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