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Zenkokuji temple was built in 1595(late Momoyama era) in Bakurocho, Taito ward, which is much more east direction from here. The temple was moved here in 1793 because it was caught in several fires and burned down. Now people think that this temple is like a key spot of Kagurazaka street. The principal image is Bishamonten (Vaisravana) in Zenkokuji. In Hinduism, Vaisravana is positioned as one of the guardian gods of Buddhism. As Vaisravana is the god of fortune, welfare appeared in the year of the tiger, the day of the tiger and the time of the tiger. We can see Bishamonten only on fixed days. |
A pair of Tigers sit at the approach of this temple. Do they look like a tiger? The statue was put up here in1849. At that time, most of Japanese people could not have any chance to see a tiger. That made this statue unlike a real tiger. |
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