#Kongoji Temple

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20230324 Kongoji 5 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 水を張った石鉢にしだれ桜の花びらが・・・。 @Kongoji temple, Toyota city, Aichi pref. （愛知県豊田市藤岡地区 金剛寺）

[yumiko-asakawa]

金剛寺(兵庫県三木市)

Kongoji Temple.

本堂と鉄でできた五重塔

静かで清閑なお寺です。

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A view through the temple gate of Kongōji Temple (金剛寺) in Owase, Mie Prefecture

Photo by チーズダブルバーガーテリヤキ [Cheese-Double-Burger-Teriyaki] in 2017

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The Hijikata family in the Ishida village census

I continue to read the book The demon lieutenant of Shinsengumi. This is in fact a collection of articles by different authors, each with their own way of retelling some moments from Hijikata's life. And one of the authors - my favorite Kikuchi Akira - really dug up something new!

Kikuchi Akira is a Bakumatsu researcher who is always getting into the thick of things: comparing the Okita's kaimyo (posthumous Buddhist name) and the kaimyo of his supposed girlfriend, or parsing Hijikata's letters. And now he has found the census books of Ishida village from 1817 to 1869, which refute the official opinion that Toshizo was fired from one job at 11 and another at 17. According to the new records, he was listed "in the people section" at a completely different age and for quite a long time! In addition, these records reveal some peculiarities of the Japanese population of the century before the last century.

These are the family registration books:

There are 20 volumes of them, and they were kept until recently by a certain Hijikata Satoshi, who only deigned to share them with the public about five years ago (how many more of these things are still stashed away in private archives!).

So, in Japan, throughout the Edo period, monks conducted a census of the population. They sent the data to the shogunate and kept a copy for themselves. The original purpose of this census was to prevent the spread of Christianity, so special books listed all members of each family, along with their servants, their ages, and their religion.

It is difficult to say how often this information was collected, because in Ishida village the census was conducted either once every five years, or every year. But it was always in March.

Hijikata Toshizo was born in May 1835, and the first record of him in the registration book did not appear until March 1840:

parishioner of the Kongoji Shrine of Takahata Village - Toshizo, age 6 [4.5 years old according to our age system]

His name was then written as 歳蔵 throughout the census.

The author provides only one entry entirely about the Hijikata family, in 1848. This is roughly what it looked like:

Income 20 koku, 1 to 1 sho 4 go 7 yu 一 Shingon Sect, Takahata Village, Kongoji Temple Parishioner - Hayato, 28 years old Parishioner of the same temple - Wife Naka, 23 years old. Parishioner of the same temple - Elder brother Tamejiro, 33 years old. Parishioner of the same temple - Daughter Nui, 7 years old. Parishioner of the same temple - Son Sakusuke, 4 years old. Parishioner of the same temple - Servant Hachigoro, 19 years old 一 Zen sect, Yaho village, Nanyoji temple Parishioner - Maid Hatsu, 21 years old 一 Shingon sect, Shitada village, Anyoji temple Parishioner - Maid Fude, 12 years old A total of 8 people, of which 4 are male, 4 are female. Two more males are in service in other houses: 一 Shingon sect, Takahata village, Kongoji temple Parishioner - Younger brother Daisaku, 20 years old Parishioner of the same temple - Younger brother Toshizo, 14 years old

By our age system, everyone here is a year younger. Daisaku was probably about to be adopted by the Kasuya doctor family at that time. As for where Toshi was, it's unknown. Though maybe at his sister's...

The official biography says that in 1845 he was employed in the fabric store Matsuzakaya in Ueno, where the owner was a certain Ito. There Toshi quarreled with the clerk and fled home. And this article even says where this information comes from: it turns out that in 1935, the grandson of Sato Hikogoro and Hijikata Nobu talked about it on the radio.

This same Matsuzakaya still exists today. Here's its website. It's even in English.

The census book for 1845 also exists, but in it, the page about the Hijikata family was "deliberately defaced by someone," as Kikuchi Akira writes. But it's easy to reconstruct the rest from the surviving pieces:

一 Zen sect, Yaho village, Nanyoji temple Parishioner - Servant Tsunakichi (or Tsunayoshi), 21 years old 一 Shingon Sect, Ochikawa Village, Shinshoji Temple Parishioner - Maid Kuni, 17 years old A total of 8 people, of which 5 are male, 3 are female. Another 1 female is in the service of another house: 一 Shingon Sect, Takahata Village, Kongoji Temple Parishioner - Younger sister Ran, 15 years old

Ran was Nobu's childhood name. In theory, she married Sato Hikogoro a year ago, and should have been listed in his household by now. But since she's recorded still in it, Kikuchi-san explains, that means her marriage was nominal at first. It was called asiirekon (足入れ婚 ), when one sort of got married, but the wife continued to live in her parent's house. Or maybe "in the service" meant she was living with Sato anyway.

On the defaced page there should be four more "males" and two females: Hayato, Tamejiro, Daisaku, Toshizo; wife Naka, daughter Nui. Sakusuke was born in 1845, the same year (i.e. not yet born in March), and there is no one "in the service" besides Ran.

So Kikuchi-san, based on the study of some other "private documents", concluded that Hijikata worked for this very Ito from about 12-13 and up to 16 years old (according to our age system), and the story of "quarrel with the clerk" and "dismissal because of a girl" took place at the same location.

But in Hijikata's family another version was passed down from generation to generation: that Toshizo first worked in Ueno, and then in Tenmacho, also in a fabric store, and that's where the story with the girl happened. Hijikata has a haiku about Tenmacho, so he was definitely there :) It's just unknown exactly when.

That Toshizo returned home at the age of 16 (in 1851) is a confirmed fact. This is written about in Kojima Shikanosuke's book "両雄士伝" - "The Lives of Two Great Warriors" written in 1873. About Kondo and Hijikata, yep. The very fact that this book exists is a big surprise to me - it's strange that no mention of it has ever been found anywhere! You can understand why though: it's written in kanbun, a hellish mixture of Chinese and Japanese. So, this book says that Toshizo returned to his hometown at the age of 17 (i.e. 16) and began practicing martial arts, in which he soon became very successful. Anyway, he started selling Ishida Sanyaku and going to different dojos.

However, the monastic registration books for 1854 and 1856 still show "two more males are in the service of other houses". It was not until 1858 that the record that Toshi was finally home appeared for the first time.

Income 39 koku, 7 to 8 go 一 Shingon Sect, Takahata Village, Kongoji Temple Parishioner - Hayato, 38 years old. … wife Naka, 33 …older brother Tamejiro, 43 years old. …younger brother Toshizo, 24. (then there are 6 children, 1 servant and 1 maid) Total 12 people, 9 male, 3 female.

On March 9, 1859, Hijikata was officially enrolled as a student at the Kondo dojo. There is an entry about it in the "Registration book of the Tennen Rishin-ryu" (天然理心流神文帳 ), and then in the diaries of relatives, friends and neighbors there are many entries such as "Toshizo came with Okita Soji, both stayed at our place for the night" (Hashimoto's diary, 09-03-1860), or "Toshizo and Kondo Isami went to Itsukaichi" (Sato's diary, 09-05-1860).

In August 1860, another official registration book was published called "Bujutsu eimei roku" (武術英名録 ) - something like "Names of Glorious Swordsmen". It included the names of 600 swordsmen from all over the Kanto region, including Hijikata. Only those who had a rank no lower than mokuroku were enrolled there, and Hijikata would not have been able to get mokuroku in such a short time if he had not studied the sword before, writes Kikuchi Akira. So he did study, but where - that's the question. That is, what kind of "service" he was in from 1853-4 to 1857-8 is unknown. Maybe he just lived at Sato's house and walked around, selling medicine, but Sato has no mention of it. So this is "another mystery" for Japanese historians.

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Takahata Fudoson Kongoji Temple. Photography by katsu_e46

[matarammap]

#Travel Tokyo Japan Travel Attractions Destinations Map: Kongoji Temple In Addition To Statue Of Kobo Daishi Gamagori https://t.co/PCDOCfxeQ5 #Tokyo #Japan https://t.co/Fk0mGhLhwO

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Kongoji temple

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Takinogawa, Oji, No. 88 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige, 4th month of 1856, Brooklyn Museum: Asian Art

This is a view of the Shakujii River in the Oji district; two other views of the river were seen in prints 19 and 49 of the series. One of the attractions here was the autumn display of maple trees planted along the banks, however the once-brilliant orange ink of the print has blackened with age. The pigment used here was either red lead or iron oxide, both of which can blacken over time with exposure to the atmosphere. The Matsubashi Bridge (Pine Bridge) shown here offered convenient access to the Oji Gongen Shrine and its affiliated temple of Kinrinji. The yellow roof at the upper right is the Matsubashi Benten Shrine and further to the right, against the margin, is the main hall of Kongoji Temple, in whose precincts the Benten Shrine was located. The temple became known as Momijidera or Maple Temple and survives today near Maple Bridge. The Takinogawa ("waterfall river") of the title applies to the area south of the river, although it would seem to be an appropriate name for the river at this point, which is known for its Seven Falls. The one to the right was known as Benten Falls. Today this entire stretch of river is a concrete channel, accommodating a high-rise apartment complex. Size: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm) Medium: Woodblock print

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/121702

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🙈🙊🙉 Kukurizaru monkeys (color balls in background) represent the desire we must let go in order to become a better person. | Los monos kukurizaru (de colores al fondo) representan los deseos que debemos dejar ir para ser mejores personas. . . . . . . . . #throwback #japan #travel #kyoto #temple #portrait #colors #colorful #smile #mexican #memories #canon80d #canonphotography #portraitphotography #gpoy #face #egoteca (at Kongoji Temple) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_d-gbHF6Bu/?igshid=1620rai3inpjt

[walkingsolos]

24.10.19 - kyoto

Eu fiz uma aula de meditacao zen no shunkoin temple com o takafumi. Foi uma experienci legal. Aprendi sobre muita boa sorte, sobre a percepcao do elefante de acordo com 7 cegos, que o budismo zen nao acredita em reincarnacao, que meditacao é observar as reacoes padroes, tomamos um cha, conhecemos o templo. Depois busquei a bah e fomos explorar kyoto, comecamos pelo nishiki market, kongoji temple, hokanji temple, regeoin sanjusangendo (meu favorito de todos), e fushimi inari taisha. Tem muita coisa pra fazer em kyoto, muita. Infinitos templos. Nao vimos nem 1%. Como choveu, ficou mais dificil de aproveitar o ultimo dia em kyoto. A gente tbm queria ter ido ver uma danca mas estavamos muito cansadas.

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[bonguri]

20230324 Kongoji 4 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: おっ、青空が見えた！（ローパスフィルタにでかいゴミが付いてるな） @Kongoji temple, Toyota city, Aichi pref. （愛知県豊田市藤岡地区 金剛寺）

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＼おにわさん更新情報📸／ ‪[ 大阪府河内長野市 ] 天野山金剛寺本坊庭園 Amanosan Kongoji Temple Garden, Kawachinagano, Osaka の写真・記事を更新しました。 ーー南朝方の拠点が置かれ #国宝 や #国重文 を多く所蔵する寺院に、室町時代に作庭された苔の美しい #枯山水庭園 。 ・・・・・・・・ 天野山 金剛寺は奈良時代に聖武天皇の勅願により #行基 により開かれた古刹。 平安時代には #弘法大師 #空海 👨‍🦲の修行の地にもなり、南北朝時代には #後村上天皇 が金剛寺に現存する“食堂”で朝廷を運営するなど南朝方の拠点に。その後も京と高野山を結ぶ高野街道の当地を代表する大寺院として興隆しました。 河内長野市の歴史遺産で構成された #日本遺産 『中世に出逢えるまち～千年にわたり護られてきた中世文化遺産の宝庫～』にも含まれ、境内全体も #国指定史跡 となっています。“女人高野”という愛称も。 2019年夏、高野山⛰へ向かう途中に初めて河内長野で途中下車、以前から行きたいと思っていたこちらの庭園に立ち寄りました！ 駅から離れていてバスでしか行きようがないかなあ…と思っていたけど、実際距離を調べたら河内長野駅から6km程。観光案内所では電動��シスト自転車🚲が借りられるので、（行きは結構上り坂もあるけど）意外とスムーズに辿り着けた。 金剛寺は有料拝観区域は #国指定重要文化財 の伽藍が立ち並ぶエリアと、庭園が見られる本坊・観蔵院エリアと2つに分かれています。 まずは平安時代〜室町時代に建立された多宝塔、御影堂、五仏堂、金堂、食堂、鐘楼などの伽藍から観賞。このうち五仏堂以外は全て国重文。 なお金堂には国宝の仏像・木造大日如来坐像、木像不動明王坐像、木造降三世明王坐像が収められており、これらは春と秋に数日間のみ特別公開されます。2019年秋は11/1〜11/5。 そして多くの建造物が #国登録有形文化財 となっている本坊（観蔵院）に庭園があります。 なお金剛寺は南朝側の拠点であったのと同時に、北朝方の光厳上皇、光明上皇、崇高上皇らがこの本坊の奥殿を“北朝御座所”として滞在されたこともあったそう。緊張感ある関係の割に超至近距離だね… 広い範囲が美しい苔🌿に覆われた枯山水庭園はパンフレットでは“草行山水自然形の庭園”と説明があります。この表現初めて見た。 室町時代に作庭され、その後桃山時代に阿波国徳島藩主 #蜂須賀家政 が改修、そして江戸時代に雪舟流の家元 #谷千柳 が現在の姿に改修したとされます。 谷千柳という名前は初めて見たけど、広島県尾道市の国指定名勝『浄土寺庭園』は雪舟の子孫 #長谷川千柳 の作庭と言われる――雪舟と千柳という2つのワードだけ見ると同一人物なのかな？ 苔の中にあるツツジ・サツキの刈り込みや飛び石の雰囲気は浄土寺庭園に似ている感じは確かにするし――（庭園全体としては全然違うけど）、その中に時折、石組により亀島や枯滝石組などが表現されています。 歴史からしても府や国の名勝であってもおかしくなさそうな庭園…！かつては『観蔵院庭園』という名称でなにかしらの名勝だったようなのだけれど…解除されたのかな。 本坊には庭園以外では宝物殿🕋があり、その中では国重文クラスの仏像や書物などの文化財が展示されています。 先の伽藍と本坊、絶対両方見た方が良いので共通拝観券がオススメ！ 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜 ‪🔗おにわさん記事URL：‬ https://oniwa.garden/amanosan-kongoji-temple-%e5%a4%a9%e9%87%8e%e5%b1%b1%e9%87%91%e5%89%9b%e5%af%ba%e5%ba%ad%e5%9c%92/ ーーーーーーーー ‪#庭園 #日本庭園‬ ‪#garden #japanesegarden ‬#japanesegardens #zengarden #大阪 #大阪府 #osaka #河内長野 #河内長野市 #kawachinagano #kawachi #寺院 #寺社仏閣 #temple #枯山水 #karesansui #おにわさん (金剛寺本坊 奥殿（北朝三上皇行在所・旧 観蔵院）) https://www.instagram.com/p/B23foOrgfQT/?igshid=zgullhq2g62l

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One of two Niō guardians (仁王) at the gate of Kongōji Temple (金剛寺) in Owase, Mie Prefecture, dating to approximately the 17th century and donated to the temple in 1928

Photo by Steve on January 1, 1997

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Toshimaen et le temple Takahata Fudoson Kongoji

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#takahatafudo #kongoji #tower #night #temple #light #hino #tokyo #japan #nofilter #photo https://www.instagram.com/p/BrVECa1F2_R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uo5d76rpdzsw