Toshoji Temple

Japanese: 東勝寺 - とうしょうじ

This is a Rinzai sect temple located in Kasaigaya, Komachi, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its mountain name is Seiryu-zan. During the Nanboku-cho period, it was ranked 5th out of the 10 great temples. Hojo Yasutoki built a temple beside the grave of his wife's mother for the memorial service, and performed memorial services there with Taikou Gyoyu as the priest. It is said that it later became a Zen temple with Gyoyu's disciple Saiyuu as the founder, but there are various theories about the founding of the temple, including the theory that Gyoyuu was the founder. In 1333 (Ganko 3), when the Kamakura Shogunate was destroyed, Hojo Takatoki and his family and retainers committed suicide at this temple.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

神奈川県鎌倉市小町の葛西ヶ谷（かさいがやつ）にあった臨済宗の寺。山号は青竜山。南北朝期には十刹（じつせつ）の第5位に列位されていた。北条泰時がその室の母の追善のため，墓のかたわらに一宇を建立し，退耕行勇（たいこうぎようゆう）を導師として供養し，のち行勇の門弟西勇を開山とする禅寺となったというが，行勇開山説など開山，開基については諸説ある。1333年(元弘3)鎌倉幕府滅亡に際し，北条高時以下一族郎党がこの寺で自害した。

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