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Daimanji Kokuzodo

Is the Thousand-Body Buddha of Daimanji Temple in Mukaiyama, the root of the place name in Sendai? [Miyagi Prefecture]

On the way from the center of Sendai city towards Nagamachi, Mt. Atago is located near Atagobashi Station on the Namboku Line of the Sendai Municipal Subway. It is famous for being Atago Shrine here, but right behind it is Daimanji Kokuzo...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.29

Zodiac (2)

The main shrine of the zodiac guardianship of the Aizu zodiac guardianship of the Tohoku zodiac guardianship of the zodiac: Fukushima Edition

Do you know what a "sacred place" is? This is a pilgrimage route in which you visit sacred sites and temples all over Japan in order, and tour the 88 famous Shikoku sites, which are also famous throughout Japan, is also known as "88 Shikoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.28

zodiac

Tsugaru Ichidai-sama | The main shrine of the Tohoku zodiac sign guardianship: Aomori edition

Do you know what a "sacred place" is? This is a pilgrimage route in which you visit sacred sites and temples all over Japan in order, and tour the 88 famous Shikoku sites, which are also famous throughout Japan, is also known as "88 Shikoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.27

[Series ⑤: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the second three years] 20 years after the role of the previous nine years, the role has expanded once again to Ou...

After his role in the last nine years, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi returned to Kyoto, and the Kiyohara clan ruled the Okuroku districts of Mutsu (inland areas in Iwate Prefecture), which were ruled by the Abe clan. Kiyohara has been a long battle...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.26

[Series ④: Role of the previous nine years, role of the second three years] Mr. Kiyohara, who completely changed the flow of roles of the previous nine years...

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Yoshiie, who were defeated by Abe no Satoo in the Battle of Konomi, are said to have worked hard to regain their strength...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.19

[Series 3: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] Abe's army, which boasts unparalleled strength, is pushed into a corner...

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Abe no Yoritoki were once again in combat since the Akutogawa Incident in February 1056 (Tenki 4th year), but the situation of the war was back and forth...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.15

[Series ②: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the second three years] The role of the previous nine years goes from truce to battle again, and it is a struggle...

Abe no Yoriyoshi, the chief of Okurokugun (Iwate Prefecture), is a leader of Mutsunokami and Fujiwara Noboru, who sought the soldiers to defeat him, and onikiribe...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.08

Sanmon of Io-ji Temple

The four heavenly Kings of Yoshitsune, the Sato Tsunenobu and Tadanobu brothers and their families, Ioji Temple (Fukushima Prefecture)

On the way to Iizaka Onsen from Fukushima Station, when you take the Fukushima Kotsu/Iizaka Line and get off at a station called Iojimae, you will find Sato Tsunenobu, who are among the four heavenly kings of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, and his family, and their families...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.05

[Series 1: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the later three years] Why did the Ou War occur at the end of the Heian period...

Also known as the "Twelfth Oshu Battle," this battle, which was a battlefield between Mutsu and Dewa, and now Iwate and Akita prefectures, was not just a local battle, but a bridge to the Kamakura period...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.11.28

Due to a strange fate, the people from the Sendai domain were the first to travel around the world in Japan [Miya...

Did you know that it was from the Sendai domain that Japan's first traveled around the world? In this article, we will briefly discuss the stories of people from the Sendai domain who have traveled around the world due to a strange fate...

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