Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Hello. I'm a new correspondent, Hanes.
Suddenly, is anyone watching NHK Taiga drama series?
In the first time of "Idaten-Tokyo Olympic Story" which has just begun,
Places related to Chuo-ku, such as Nihonbashi, also appeared.


(Photo taken when washing the bridge.)

I'm a major in World History, but there's a Taiga drama series that I've only done it twice in the past.
These are "Komyoga Tsuji" and "Onna Naotora castle owner".
Especially if you don't know the latter, you don't know,
I went to Shizuoka and Gunma prefectures to see places related to the Ii family.

The Ii family is also depicted in the famous "Sekigahara Battle Screen"
Isn't it a girder of the replacement crest indicating the "well" of the well?
Also, the Tachibana seen in the crest is famous.
I noticed that a coat of arms that combines such a well girder and a similar Tachibana can be seen everywhere in Minobu Betsuin, and I was worried, "Is there a connection with the Ii family?" .

The first thing I learned was that the emblem of Tachibana on the Igirder is the temple crest of Nichiren sect.



If you look back at the photos of the visit, you can see that the temple crests are arranged in various places, from offertory box to tiles.



And it is the origin of the temple crest that is worrisome, but there are also various theories.
A relatively well-known theory is that the ancestors of Nichiren Shonin five generations ago came from the Ii family.
Another theory is that it combines the well-girder after the spring that springed up at the birth of Nichiren Shonin and Tachibana, which is said to have been a favorite of the saints.
I can't say which origin is correct here, but I find unexpected connections with the Ii family.
I decided to reconfirm that the coat of arms is interesting.

By the way, I introduced Minobu Betsuin's oil-filled Daikokuten and temple crest twice. How was it?
I hope that those who are visiting the Seven Lucky Gods and those who like history can think, "I want to go once."

[References and Websites]
Reference cooperative database “The Nichiren sect temple crest looks like tachibana on the girder, but Nakayama Lotus Sutra-dera Temple in Nichiren sect and Kiyokazu-dera Temple in branch temple (Myoten 3 Ichikawa City) use Kikyo temple crest. I want to know the reason."