Taishido and Tofuku-ji Temple in Mt. Kyozuka

Tofuku-ji Temple in Sasashita is the oldest temple in this area. A long time ago, a monk from Mt. Hiei-zan in Kyoto had a Buddha statue called Yakushi on his back, came to this area all the way, and opened a small temple.

But at one point the temple, and it was burnt all. It was a very poor village, so it was not easily rebuilt and remained intact for a long time. At one point, a monk called densely populated came to this place again, and was surprised to see the rough temple, and immediately built a temple to celebrate the pharmacist.
In the Kamakura period, when a great monk named Shinran Jojin visited this area, Mikoze also stayed at Tofuku-ji Temple and walked around the village. And before, this temple came to be called Marchin.
At one point, in the dream of Shinran superiors, Prince Shotoku appeared and told him that there was a statue of Prince that he made himself on Mt. Kyozuka nearby.
The superior went to the mountain and dug up the place he had dreamed, and the statue of a prince, similar to what appeared in his dream came out of the soil. The superior was very pleased and said that he put the statue of Prince in the temple.
Later, the statue of the prince was built by the villagers and housed there. And it was called Taishido on Mt. Kyozuka and was cherished.

In addition, it seems that a palace named Mamiya Buzen Mamiya Buzen, who had settled this land, learned about this statue of Prince, and asked him to protect the village. However, Taishido on Mt. Kyozuka was burned by fire in the Edo period, so the statue of Prince was transferred to a temple, but now he has returned to the original Mt. Kyozuka.

In the dim of the garden of Tofuku-ji Temple where the statue of the Prince was temporarily moved, three monkeys, not seeing, saying, and listening, staring quietly staring at here. It was made in the Edo period and is the oldest in this area.
In addition, there is a flower mound that is rare when you enter the mountain gate. Around this time, from the Meiji era to the Taisho era, it was said to be a flower spot in Yokohama, and I often saw scenes of doing business through flower baskets.
This flower mound was made with the feeling that the villagers appreciate the spirit of the flowers.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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