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(Kōan) 6th year, year of the water-sheep, 9th month, 13th day, it says. Similarly, beside it stands his wife's tomb. The Buddhist name is said to have been granted by Saint Nichirō.
Ikegami Uemon-no-tayū Munenaka, sometimes written as Munenaga. His family name was Fujiwara clan, one of the Imperial Palace Four-Division Officials. During the Kenchō period, he followed Prince Munetaka to serve in Kamakura and received a fief in the land of Ikegami in Musashi Province. Once, in Kōgen 1st year, 8th month, in Kamakura, he revered the Saint's teachings and became a lay patron. His faith was extraordinary. When his father heard this, he became angry and banished him. However, Munenaka consulted with his younger brother, a certain Hyōe, and they admonished their father. Eventually, the father also joined in taking refuge in the Saint's teachings. Munenaka annually sent offerings to Mount Minobu and received six volumes of writings. In Shōō 1st year, 10th month, 13th day, he created the Banner Mandala Record. His descendants live in Taishi Kawahara village, and up to the present, for twenty-four generations, the descendants have flourished continuously. One theory says that Munenaka made his living as a craftsman and served in Kamakura.
Thirty-six temple buildings (Daibō was entrusted to the Nine Elder Monks' Saint Nitchō. The Six Elder Monks' Saint Nisshō resided in Nanbō. Shōei-in served as the quarters for the Six Elder Monks' Saint Nichirō, and the Nine Elder Monks' Saint Nichizō resided in Gakuzōbō. These together are called the four historic temples of this monastery) Main Gate (located below the stone steps) Plaque "Honmonji" by Kōetsu's brush
Temple Treasures: Annotated Lotus Sutra, four volumes (composed by Founding Saint Nichiren in Kōan 1st year, year of the earth-tiger, at the request of his disciples. Titled "Private Collection of Most Essential Passages." According to records, it was bestowed upon Nisshō after [Nichiren's] death. Later people called it the "Annotated Lotus Sutra." It is the founder's authentic handwriting with his own annotations. This temple preserves only four volumes. The remaining four volumes are at Tamasawa in Izu Province. Incidentally, around the Bunroku period, Saint Nichishō of this mountain published this book as ten volumes) Founding Saint Nichiren's Inventory of Bequeathed Items, one volume (An inventory of bequeathed items given to disciples and lay patrons around the time of the Saint's death in Kōan 5th year, 10th month, which is the Saint's authentic handwriting) Mount Minobu Founder's Mausoleum Rotation Schedule (A rotation schedule record written in Kōan 6th year, year of the water-sheep, 1st month) Founding Saint's Handwritten Letters, several copies Also, prayer beads owned by the Saint, one strand Tooth with attached flesh, one piece (Located in the bone hall. In Manji 2nd year, Priest Fukakusa Genshō's Record of Journey to Minobu states: "From afar I worship the bone hall. The tooth with attached flesh is also within. [The Saint] said, 'Think that my living body is always
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present where this tooth exists,' which is most sacred. The day had already reached mid-morning. Not knowing when I might have audience again, I left reluctantly, looking back repeatedly.") Purple Stone (said to have come from Vulture Peak)
Sadamune Sword, one blade
Donation Record, one volume (Selected by Priest Fukakusa Genshō. Appears in the Sōzan Collection)
Repair of Ikegami Honmonji Temple Patron Document
Indeed, when we hear that in times of lasting fortune, Buddhist temples flourish accordingly, but when the world becomes desolate, monastic compounds decay together. Therefore, absolute truth is revealed through conventional truth, and Buddhist law is established through worldly law. The World-Honored One entrusted the Buddhist law to kings, ministers, and powerful people for good reason. Ikegami Honmonji Temple is a famous monastery founded by the high patriarch great Bodhisattva and is the sacred ground of nirvana. As years pass with rise and decline alternating, now the seven-story magnificent structures of Gion have fallen into decay, and the atmosphere of the twin sal trees of Kakurin has already become desolate. But now, fortunately encountering this time of lasting fortune, Buddhist temples and monastic compounds flourish magnificently throughout the four seas, not only repairing the old but also creating the new. Only this temple is like flowering trees in spring that remain silent and alone do not bloom. Is this not because cultivation is insufficient and irrigation has been neglected? Indeed, the Dharma prospers through people, and people dwell through places. While these three—people, Dharma, and place—are like the three legs of a tripod, what they depend upon lies solely in the dwelling place. Moreover, our sect's Dharma is the separately transmitted Dharma of Vulture Peak, and its people are those of original enlightenment from time immemorial. That is, because the Dharma is wondrous, people are precious, and because people are precious, places are revered. How could we abandon it to wasteland for even a day? Furthermore, the wonder of our Dharma is that each individual person attains Buddhahood in this very body, and their dwelling is the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light. When we directly observe this land, this very place is it. If a person repairs one temple, they themselves adorn our reward land. The Buddha said, "Creating new does not compare to repairing old; the merit is most excellent." This is praised repeatedly in various sutras. Long ago, the divine monk Beidou, encountering a year of famine, taught people, "One should repair old temples to eliminate disasters." Also, Fan Wenzheng, encountering a year of poor harvest, urged various temples to construct temple buildings, wanting to distribute surplus wealth to benefit the poor. Therefore it is said, "Among relief measures for famine, none is greater than this." Thus, repairing old temples and constructing temple buildings not only eliminates disasters but also serves as famine relief. Therefore, in years of misfortune and famine, one should especially undertake construction...