#attraction/temple [Sensō-ji](https://www.senso-ji.jp) is a temple in [[Tokyo (東京都)]]. We walked from [[Asakusa (浅草)]]. This temple was the first one we visited, and also the one we visited most frequently during our stay. ![[senso-ji IMG_3361.png]] There is a street full of shops between the outer gate and the main temple gate. ![[? senso-ji IMG_4059.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_3402.png]] The main temple gate is large and looks different at night than during the day. ![[senso-ji IMG_8647.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_6036.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_6038.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_6039.png]] There are a lot of buildings and artifacts on the temple grounds. ![[senso-ji IMG_8646.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_3366.png]] > [!NOTE] How to draw OMIKUJI > 1. Drop in ¥100, while praying for your wish, shake the box politely a few times. > 2. Make sure your number and put the stick back. > 3. Take out a sheet of OMIKUJI from the drawer of your number. > 4. When you draw a good fortune, please take it home. But you should not be careless and arrogant. > 5. When you draw a bad fortune, please do not worry. Tie it on the hanger and drop bad fortune-off here. ![[senso-ji IMG_8642.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_8643.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_4079.png]] > [!NOTE] Bronze Seated Amida Nyorai Statue > Amida Nyorai is the Buddha who teaches Buddhism to those who have passed away and attained rebirth in the Pure Land, the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss. The copper statue was made by casting. The total height is 294.5 cm, and the height of the statue is 186.0 cm. > > The inscription on the pedestal of this statue indicates the year of its creation, the person who dedicated it, and the creator. According to the inscription, Shukai of Risho-in Temple requested the creation of this statue in April 1693 and metal caster Iman Tojiro Fujiwara no Yoshitsuga made it. Later, in June 1702, the statues of the two flanking attendants (Kannon and Seislii) were completed, forming the statues of the Amitabha triad (the statues of the attendants no longer exist, except for the pedestal for the Seishi Bodhisattva statue). > > When this statue was being constructed, the petitioner Shukai, a priest from Asakusa-Sangen-cho (now the area around Komagata 1-chome, Kaminarimon 1 and 2-chome, and Kotobuki 4-chome), solicited people in the area to form an affinity with Buddha. Many of the people who joined were townspeople, and their occupations varied from craftsman to merchant. In addition, since practitioners of Nembutsu (recitation of the name of Amitabha) and Nembutsu _kochu_ (a group of believers who practice Nembutsu) were involved, it is thought that Nembutsu _kochu_ cooperated with Shukai's solicitation activities and that people joined through community ties. This statue is a valuable resource for understanding the beliefs and religious activities of people in the early Edo period from the 17th century to the first half of the 18th century. > > The creator of this statue, Imai Tojiro Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu, was a metal caster in Kanda Kaji-cho 2-chome (now Chiyoda City). There are no known examples of his works aside from this statue. This statue thus serves as a standard example for studying Imai Tojiro's crafting activities, and is also valuable for deepening our knowledge about the crafting style of metal casters in the Edo period. > > In March 2012, it was recorded in the Taito City Citizens' Cultural Property Register as a Designated Taito City Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture). > > March 2021 > Taito City Board of Education ![[senso-ji IMG_3372.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_3382.png]] > [!NOTE] Seated Bronze Statue of Kannon Bodhisattva > The 169.5-centimeter tall plated statue of Kannon at Senso-ji was mold-casted from copper. > > It was made in 1720 at the wish of a monk originally from Mihama, Aichi Prefecture, Kōzan Gidō, by a caster named Konuma Nagamasa from Kanda, Tokyo. A number of people donated money for the casting of the statue, and their names are carved into it. > > The statue became the standard among Edo period casters, and as an example of Konuma Nagamasa's style, it is an extremely valuable historical artifact. The inscriptions on the statue and its base serve as a precious historical record of people's religious faith and activities in the early Edo period. It was added to Taito City's Cultural Property Register in 2007. > > March, 2016 > Taito City Board of Education ![[senso-ji IMG_3383.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_3385.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_3387.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_6055.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_6056.png]] ![[senso-ji IMG_6057.png]]