Yoshizaki

Japanese: 吉崎 - よしさき

The name of a place in the northern part of Awara City, Fukui Prefecture. It is generally called "Yoshizaki" now. In the past, it belonged to Hosorogi-go, Kawaguchi Manor, Echizen Province, which was the territory of Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara (Kasuga Shrine's Sutra Collection), and in the entry for July 14, 1470 (2nd year of Bunmei), "Daijo-in Temple and Shrine Miscellaneous Records," it appears as "Yoshizaki Village" in the "Names of Villages Within Kawaguchi Manor." After suffering persecution on Mount Hiei, the 8th abbot of Hongan-ji Temple, Rennyo, took refuge in places such as Honpuku-ji Temple in Katada, Omi (present-day Otsu City), and in 1471, he went down to Yoshizakiyama (commonly known as Goyama) and founded Yoshizaki Gobo, which became the center of religious education in the Hokuriku region. Possible reasons for Rennyo's choice of this place include his blood relationship with Kyogaku, the head priest of Kofuku-ji Daijo-in Temple, the lord of Hosoroki-go, and the invitation of Wada Honkaku-ji Temple (present-day Eiheiji-cho, Fukui Prefecture), the head priest of Hosoroki-go. Yoshizakiyama is a low hill with an elevation of just over 32m, but it is surrounded by Lake Kitagata on three sides and is a fortified location with the mountainous region on the Kaga-Etchu border to the northeast, giving the Gobo temple a strong castle-like feel. Rennyo stayed in Yoshizaki for about four years and two months, and left in 1475 due to increasing pressure from Togashi Masachika, the guardian of Kaga Province. However, during this time he made an effort to spread his faith by providing followers who gathered there with Buddhist scriptures (messages) written in kana and publishing the Shoshinge and Sanjo Washan. As a result, the Honganji sect was rapidly formed throughout the Hokuriku region, and the foundations were laid for the Ikko Ikki uprising. After Rennyo left, Yoshizaki Gobo was maintained by Wada Hongakuji and others, but was destroyed in the Hokuriku Ikki of 1506. Because of the fighting between the eastern and western factions during reconstruction in the 1670s, the top of the mountain is now shared land, and the Yoshizaki branch temples of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji school are located at Yoshizakiura at the foot of the mountain, and the Shinshu Otani school are located at Higashi Mido. At the Otani branch temple, the Yoshizaki Goki ceremony is held every year for ten days from late April to early May, during which a portrait of Rennyo, which has been carried in a palanquin by followers from Higashi Honganji in Kyoto along the old Hokkoku route, is displayed. →Rennyo Kana Hogo

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Japanese:

現在の福井県あわら市北部の地名。現在は一般に〈よしざき〉という。古くは奈良興福寺領（春日社一切経料所）越前国河口荘細呂宜(ほそろぎ)郷に属し，《大乗院寺社雑事記》文明２年（1470年）７月14日条の〈河口庄郷々内村名〉に〈吉さき村〉とみえる。比叡山の迫害を受け，近江堅田本福(ほんぷく)寺（現大津市）などに身を寄せていた本願寺８世蓮如が1471年に下向，吉崎山（通称御山）に吉崎御坊(ごぼう)を創建して北陸地方教化の中心地となった。蓮如が当地を選んだ理由として，細呂宜郷の領主興福寺大乗院門跡経覚と蓮如との血縁関係，細呂宜郷別当和田本覚寺（現福井県永平寺町）の勧誘などが考えられる。吉崎山は標高32m余の低い丘であるが，三方を北潟湖に囲まれ，北東が加越国境の山地という要害の地で，御坊は城郭寺院的色彩が強かった。蓮如の吉崎滞留は４年２ヵ月ほどで，加賀国守護富樫政親の圧力が強まったことで1475年に退去する。しかし，この間に参集した門徒に仮名書の法語消息（御文）を与え，《正信偈(しょうしんげ)》，《三帖和賛(さんじょうわさん)》を開板するなど布教に努めた。その結果北陸一帯に本願寺教団が急速に形成され，一向一揆蜂起の基盤が整えられた。蓮如退去後の吉崎御坊は和田本覚寺などが維持したが，1506年の北陸一揆で破却。1670年代の再建時に東西両派が争ったため，現在山上は共有地で，麓の吉崎浦に浄土真宗本願寺派，東御堂に真宗大谷派の各吉崎別院がある。大谷派別院では毎年４月下旬から５月初めの10日間，〈吉崎御忌〉が開かれ，京都東本願寺から旧北国路を門徒の担ぐ輿で運ばれてきた蓮如の御影が開帳される。→蓮如仮名法語

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