Friday, February 9, 2024
Senganji Temple 9 on the Iwami Kannon pilgrimage
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Togakuji Temple Matsue
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Kotaiji Temple Nagasaki
Monday, January 30, 2023
Shinsoji Temple Yokota
Shinsoji Temple Yokota
Shinsoji Temple sits on a hillside looking over the town of Yokota on the banks of the Hi River in the Okuizumo region of Shimane.
It does not seem to be a famous temple, and I can actually find almost nothing about it, except we can guess and infer some things.
The buildings and structures have been rebuilt in relatively recent times, and they are substantial, so we can infer that it is a relatively rich temple.
It lies above Igitake Shrine, one of the many shrines in the area connected to the myths of Susano and the Orochi serpent, but between the shrine and the temple is a very large cemetery. There is a good chance that is where the wealth is derived from.
It may also be that the temple looked after and operated the shrine. In historical times there were actually very few Shinto priests, with most shrines being operated by Buddhist priests.
A few things that are known are that the temple belongs to the Soto Zen sect, and the honzon is an Amida.
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Santoka Taneda and Midorikannonzuisenji Temple
This is a statues of Santoka Taneda (1882-1940 ) a famous poet of the early 20th century who is well known as much for his lifestyle as his poetry. The statue is in the grounds of a small Zen temple just north of Kumamoto.