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Mizusawa Esashi Station
Isshuzaka
During the fierce battle of the previous nine years, Yawata Taro Yoshiie (Minamoto Yoshiie) sang, ``The clothes are untidy,'' and Abe Sadatoto said, ``As the years go by, the pain of the threads being disarrayed.'' I returned the song. Yoshiie sensed this and did not dare to pursue him.
From this story, this slope is said to be Isshuzaka.
Iwa Shrine
Entertainment hall
Chusonji Temple [World Heritage Site]
Tendai sect, Tohoku Daihonzan. The name of the mountain is Kanzan, and Jikaku Daishi is the founder of the mountain.
At the beginning of the 12th century, the first Lord Kiyohira of the Oshu Fujiwara clan built many temples and pagodas, including the Tahoto and Nikai Daido.
Its purpose was to comfort the spirits of those who died in the long wars of the First Nine Years War and the Second Third Year War, and to build a Buddhist nation.
Unfortunately, the hall and pagoda were destroyed by fire in the 14th century, but it is still a treasure trove of Heian art, containing over 3,000 national treasures and important cultural properties, including the Kaneiroki Hall.
Motsuji Temple [World Heritage Site]
Motsuji Temple, the special head temple of the Tendai sect, is called Iozan and was opened in 850 by Jikaku Daishi.
In the late Heian period, the Oshu Fujiwara clan's second and third generation, Motohira and Hidehira, built magnificent temples such as Kondo Enryuji and Kashoji, which numbered 40 halls and pagodas and 500 monks' quarters, making them the largest temple in Japan. It was called the second sacred place.
Unfortunately, the temple at that time was burnt down due to repeated disasters, but today the " Jodo Garden " centered around Oizumigaike Pond and the remains of the temple from the Heian period have been preserved in almost perfect condition, and the country has designated it as a special historic site. It has been designated as a scenic spot.
Mizusawa Esashi Station