Honmyoji Temple

This is a Nichiren sect temple in Hanazono, Nishi Ward, Kumamoto City. It is called Hatsuseizan. The principal image is the sect founder Tenjo Dai Mandala. In 1585 (Tensho 13), Kato Kiyomasa invited Nisshin to build the temple in Osaka to pray for the repose of his father Kiyotada's soul. When Kiyomasa took control of Higo, the temple's land was moved to Kumamoto Castle, and after his death, it was moved to its current location, becoming Kiyomasa's temple of worship and the head temple of the Nichiren sect Rokujo school in Kyushu. In addition to the main hall, the temple grounds also include the Kato Kiyomasa Mausoleum, also known as Jochi Mausoleum after Kiyomasa's Buddhist name. Among the temple treasures, the short sword donated by Hosokawa Nari Shige and the two volumes of "Nihonki Kyoen Waka" (Chronicles of Japan: Banquet) by Prince Munetaka are designated as important cultural properties of the country. In addition, three items, a sword (inscribed Kyushu Higo Dodanuki Fujiwara Masakuni), a short sword (inscribed Bizen Osafune Sukesada), and a Kiyomasa-style net sheath, are designated as important cultural properties of the prefecture.

[Tamura Kosuke]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

熊本市西区花園(はなぞの)にある日蓮(にちれん)宗の寺。発星山と号する。本尊は宗祖奠定(てんてい)大曼荼羅(まんだら)。1585年（天正13）加藤清正が父清忠(きよただ)の冥福(めいふく)を祈り、日真(にっしん)を招き大坂に建立。清正が肥後を領したとき、寺領を熊本城内に移し、さらに清正没後現在の地に移り、清正の菩提(ぼだい)寺となすとともに、日蓮宗六条門流九州総本山となった。境内には本堂のほか加藤清正侯廟(びょう)があり、清正の法号から浄池(じょうち)廟ともよばれている。寺宝のうち、細川斎慈(なりしげ)寄進の短刀、宗尊(むねたか)親王作『日本紀竟宴(にほんぎきょうえん)和歌』二巻は国の重要文化財。また、刀剣（銘九州肥後同田貫藤原正国）、短刀（銘備前長船(おさふね)祐定）、清正拵網代鞘(こしらえあじろさや)の3点は県の重要文化財に指定されている。

［田村晃祐］

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