Cultural assets of the former Hoonji Temple

Until around 1960, the area from Jorakuji Temple in Higashi-Naganuma to Misawa River across Inagi Station on the Keio Line was a series of hills called Kizan. Due to subsequent construction work, this area has become flat land, but it is said that a medieval mountain castle called Naganuma Castle once stood here. In the early modern period, Daikizan Komyoin Hoonji, a subsidiary temple of Ujimanpukuji of the Obaku sect, was founded in 1774. In the 1900s, Hoonji Temple was abandoned, but some of the cultural properties owned by the temple were moved to Taishido Hall in Higashi-Naganuma, where they will be carefully stored. (Currently stored in the Inagi City Cultural Property Storage as the Taishi-do hall has been abolished.)
There are currently 11 paintings and texts owned by the former Hoonji Temple, dating from the late 17th century to the mid-19th century. Including the statue of Hiin by Shinpitsu, the founder of Uji Manpuku-ji Temple, Ingen Zenji (Chinese Zen monk who introduced the Ingen bean), as well as the first chief priest Tsunekatsu Toshu, who founded Hoon-ji Temple. There are also hand-painted statues of the monk Hyakusetsu and books. Also preserved are a plaque with the words ``Konkomyoden'' written on it and a couplet. These materials can be said to be important in understanding the true origins of the few Obaku sect temples.