Meguro Fudo

A Tendai sect temple located in Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo. It is commonly known as Taieizan Ryusenji Temple. It is said that the temple was founded in 808 (Daido 3) when Ennin enshrined a statue of Acala on his way from Shimotsuke Province (Tochigi Prefecture) to Mount Hiei. After entering China, he cast a single-pronged prong into the water to obtain a spring of pure water, and the temple's name was derived from this. In 1624 (Kan'ei 1), Tokugawa Iemitsu built a temple building in connection with falconry, and was granted an imperial plaque bearing the name "Acala" by Emperor Gosaiin. Since then, the temple has flourished, becoming the first of the five Edo Goshiki Acala temples, which is where the place name came from. There is a Nembutsu Hall of Kichiza, which is related to Yaoya Oshichi, and a gravestone of Aoki Konyo, the father of sweet potato cultivation. Many people prayed for recovery from illness by bathing in the Tokkonotaki waterfall on the grounds. The 8th of every month is the festival day.

[Yoshimichi Shioiri]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

東京都目黒区下目黒にある天台宗の寺。泰叡山(たいえいざん)滝泉寺(りゅうせんじ)の通称。808年（大同3）円仁(えんにん)が下野(しもつけ)国（栃木県）から比叡山(ひえいざん)に赴く途次、不動明王を安置したのが開創と伝え、入唐(にっとう)後に独鈷(とっこ)を投じて清泉を得たのが寺名のおこりという。1624年（寛永1）徳川家光(いえみつ)が鷹狩(たかがり)を縁に堂宇を造営、後西院(ごさいいん)天皇宸筆(しんぴつ)「不動明王」の勅額を下賜されて以来隆盛し、江戸五色(ごしき)不動の第一となり地名のおこりとなる。八百屋(やおや)お七にまつわる吉三(きちざ)の念仏堂や甘藷(かんしょ)栽培の祖青木昆陽(こんよう)の墓碑がある。境内にある独鈷滝(とっこのたき)を浴びる病気平癒祈願者も多かった。毎月8の日が縁日である。

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