Tower temple

Japanese: 塔寺 - とうでら

A large district in Aizubange Town, Kawanuma County, Fukushima Prefecture. It is home to Tachiki Kannon Hall (Eryuji Kannon Hall, Important Cultural Property), which is said to have been built during the Kenkyu era (1190-99) and has Tachiki Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon, Important Cultural Property) as its principal image, and Toji Hachiman Shrine (Kokoro Shimizu Hachiman Shrine), which houses the Toji Hachiman Shrine register (Important Cultural Property). The register contains an account of a murder of a pilgrim in front of the shrine, and also appears to be "Toji-cho" or "machi-tera-naka." Furthermore, in 1590 (Tensho 18), Date Masamune decided that the number of jinin (divine servants) at Toji would remain at 26, suggesting that the area around Hachiman Shrine and the Kannon Hall was prosperous.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

福島県河沼郡会津坂下（あいづばんげ）町の大字。立木観音(千手観音，重要文化財)を本尊とし建久年間(1190‐99)創建と伝える立木観音堂(恵隆寺（えりゆうじ）観音堂，重要文化財)と，塔寺八幡宮長帳(重要文化財)を蔵する塔寺八幡宮(心清水（こころしみず）八幡神社)がある。八幡宮長帳に門前における参詣人殺害事件の記事があり，また〈塔寺町〉〈町寺中〉とみえ，さらに1590年(天正18)伊達政宗が塔寺の神人（じにん）を従来どおり26人と定めているのによれば，八幡宮，観音堂門前の繁盛がうかがわれる。

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