Myozenji Temple

Japanese: 妙宣寺 - みょうせんじ

An independent head temple of the Nichiren sect in Mano, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture. Commonly known as Abutsubo. It is said that Abutsubo Nittoku and his wife Sennichi-ni, who converted to Nichiren during his exile in Sado and protected him by bringing him meals at night while on guard, made their residence into a temple. In 1326, the local lord, the Honma clan, invited them to live on land adjacent to their residence, and after the Honma clan was wiped out in 1589, the remains of their residence became the site of the temple. Remains of the earthworks and dry moat remain. Three letters by Nichiren Shonin and a copy of a sutra by Hino Suketo are designated Important Cultural Properties.

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Japanese:

新潟県佐渡市真野(まの)にある日蓮宗独立本山。阿仏房(あぶつぼう)と通称。日蓮(にちれん)の佐渡配流中に帰依して，監視の中で夜中に食事を運ぶなど外護した阿仏房日得(にっとく)と妻千日尼が住居を寺としたという。1326年地頭本間氏が居館の隣接地に招き，1589年本間氏滅亡後館跡を寺地とした。土塁・空堀跡が残る。日蓮上人書状３幅・日野資朝写経は重要文化財。

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