宗三寺 — Local services in Kawasaki

Quasi-Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #20 Sosan-ji Temple Sasaki Takatsuna (1160-1214) founded Shofuku-ji Temple. Sasaki Yasutsuna (1213-1276) presented the temple bell in 1263. Yet, it declined. Mamiya Nobumori made use of the precincts and built Sosan-ji Temple. The precincts still have the grave of Nobumori. We have found the names of Mamiya Nobuhuyu and his great grandson, Yasutoshi. Then, who was Nobumori? As Nobuhuyu worked and fought for Ise Shinkuro, Nobumori could have been his son. Surprisingly, Sakato Shrine in Narawa Village, Moda County, Kazusa Province, had a temple bell whose inscription said that it used to belong to Shofuku-ji Temple in Kawasaki Manor, and had the name Sasaki Yasutsuna. Mamiya Nobumori, who was working and fighting for Ise Shinkuro (1456-1519) and his son, Hojo Ujitsuna (1487-1541), presented about 8 hectares of fields to the temple, proclaiming himself the descendant of Takatsuna, presumably to tie his family to the brand name. Then, who were Nobumori, Yasunobu, and Morimasa? East Asia, especially China, Vietnam, and Korea, has the custom of generational names. The generation name is one of the 2 Chinese characters in a traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean given name. The custom is called "generation name" because members of one generation share that character. Japan didn't import that custom as it was, but an aristocratic stock or a samurai stock shared one Chinese Character for generations. Let me call the custom hereditary or descended name. Japan, in other words, imported the generation name custom in a rather crooked way, as is often the case when Japan imported a custom from China. A lord of samurai often gave his non-hereditary or descended name to his vassals, as if to make them his sworn brothers. The vassals put the given character at the beginning of their name to show their respect to their lord. Then, Nobumori and Moriyori sound more like they have a master-and-servant relationship rather than a father-and-son relationship. Not necessarily so. For example, Hojo Masamura (1205-1273), the 7th Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, succeeded Masa from his grandfather Tokimasa (1138-1215), the first Regent. Masamura was the 5th son of the second son of Tokimasa. So, Moriyoshi just wasn’t Nobumori’s first son. Then, who was Mamiya Yasutoshi? He might have been named Nobu-something first if he was the son of Nobuhuyu’s first son. Or, if he was the son of Moriyoshi, he might have been called Yori-something first. He was so competent that Hojo Ujiyasu gave him a part of his name, Yasu, as Uji was his hereditary or descended name. And that Nobu-something or Yori-something started calling himself Yasutoshi. Had he called himself Nobutoshi or Yoritoshi? Not necessarily. The graveyard also has the tomb of Hatano Den’emon and his family. He was said to have participated in the Siege of Osaka in 1615 for the Toyotomi Clan against the Tokugawa Clan. His side lost, he became a masterless samurai, and settled in Kawasaki. It is unknown why he chose to settle near Edo, the Tokugawa...

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中世前期、この付近は「川崎荘」と呼ばれる一つの地域単位を構成していたが、その時代荘内に勝福寺という寺院があり、弘長三年（1263）在地領主である佐々木泰綱が中心となり、五千人余りの浄財をあつめて梵鐘の鋳造が行われた。勝福寺はその後退転したようであるが、宗三寺はその後身とみられ、戦国時代、この地を知行した間宮氏が当寺を中興している。 「江戸名所図会」に本尊釈迦如来は、「一尺ばかりの唐仏なり」とあるように、本尊はひくい肉髯、玉状の耳朶、面長な顔、腹前に下着紉を結び、大きく掩腋衣をあらわす中国風の像である。今、墓地には大阪方の牢人で、元和元年（1615）川崎に土着した波多野伝右衛門一族の墓や、川崎宿貸座敷組合の建立...

川崎市川崎区砂子にある曹洞宗のお寺。 准秩父三十四札所観音霊場第二十番札所。 京急川崎駅前にあります。鎌倉時代に宇多源氏の佐々木家の菩提寺として建立されました。当初は臨済宗のお寺でした。安土桃山時代になると同じ佐々木家の間宮信盛によって再興されその際に曹洞宗に改宗されました。 都会の駅前ということもあり境内の墓地は小さな墓石が沢山並んでいました。ロッカーや自動販売機などもありました。 本堂は基本的に閉められているので外から手を合わせて下さいとの事でした。寺...