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existed until the Middle Ages), as it served as a gateway to the sea for the medieval city of Chiba. It was also a very important facility for the lords of the sea, the Chiba Clan, as it was a powerful base for water transportation in terms of economic connections with the samurai capital of Kamakura. According to records from the Nanbokuchō Period, Kōmyō Temple played an important role in transporting the annual tax payments from Bōsō to Kamakura by sea. The temple managed Chiba Port, while Shinmei Shrine was used to pray for safety at sea. It was

a port called Chiba Minato located at the estuary of the Miyako River which utilized an inlet known as “Yūkiura”. Chiba Minato served a very important function as a port because the Chiba Clan were lords of the sea at that time and used water transportation for their economic activities with cities such as Kamakura. The nearby Shinmei Shrine was the guardian deity of the sea for the Chiba Clan and it was dedicated to praying for safe voyages at sea. The Grand Head Shrine of Shinmei Shrine is Ise Jingū Shrine, which is associated with good luck and

야쓰(紅谷)’라고 쓰여지기도 해서,‘베니타케(紅嶽)’라는 이름은‘벤가야쓰(弁谷)’에서 유래되었다고 여겨집니다. Benitake Benzaiten A shrine associated with Chiba Tsunetane, which worshipped the spring water that flowed through the Chiba clan’s territory Benitake Benzaiten is a shrine closely associated with Chiba Tsunetane. According to legend, when Tsunetane was praying for the prosperity and fortune of his descendants, the goddess Benzaiten came to him in a dream. Later, he

was the second son of Chiba Mitsutane, and was based in Makuwari (currently Makuhari, Hanamigawa Ward). When the Kyotoku War (1455-1483) broke out due to conflicts between Ashikaga Shigeuji, the Kamakura kubo, and Uesugi Noritada, the Kanto kanrei, Chiba Tanenao and other members from the Chiba head family sided with the Kanto kanrei, while Yasutane along with Hara Tanefusa and other members of the Hara branch family sided with the Kamakura kubo. In 1455, Yasutane and his party captured the manor of the Chiba clan, leading to the collapse of the main family. In the following year, Yasutane

and water transportation. According to this ancient document, Hara Taneyoshi regained the Oyumi region, which had been stolen seven years previously by the Satomi clan in Awa Province (southern Chiba Prefecture). When the Hojo clan was defeated in the Battle of Odawara in 1590, the Hara clan, who had sided with the Hojo clan, was also wiped out by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. However, under the protection of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Daigan-ji Temple prospered as one of the eighteen Jodo sect training temples in Kanto during the Edo period. The Shoin study room, which is registered as a National Registered Tangible

-do Hall within the Chiba manor in Shimosa Province”, leading us to believe that it might have been the antecedent to the Dainichi-ji Temple. At the Dainichi-do Hall, Ken’a, the senior monk of the Shomyo-ji Temple, would transcribe shogyo, and Dainichi-do Hall had deep connections with Shomyo-ji Temple which was central to Shingon Risshu Buddhism in the Kanto region. In addition, according to the Kamakura Ozoshi, a military chronicle written in the mid-15th century, Chiba Yoritane built the Dainichi-ji Temple in Mabashi in Kogane (Matsudo City) with the help of Ryokan (

clan’s manor may not have been located too far away from Hon’en-ji (likely somewhere within the town of Chiba). Close to Hon’en-ji Temple is the Honkyo-ji Temple (Nichiren sect); in the past, there also used to be the Shoumyou-ji Temple (Nichiren sect, merged with Honkyo-ji Temple in the late Meiji period). It is said that Honkyo-ji Temple was founded in 1492 by Nichiden, who served as the 10th head of the Sogen-ji Temple (in Mobara City), which was founded by Niko, who was one of Nichiren’s six best

of the Tale of the Heike), written between the end of the Kamakura Period and the beginning of the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts, it is stated that Tsuneshige fought in the Battle of Yukihama, wherein Tsunetane’s grandson, Chiba Naritane, defeated Fujiwara no Chikamasa who had sided with the Heike. Additionally, based on a copy of the inscription on the Buddhist bell (casted in 1227, currently not extant) of Godai-do temple hall of Zuigan-ji Temple (currently Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture), we know that, at the time, Tsuneshige had already advanced into Watari District in

transportation, which led to the region becoming the target of many attacks. It is believed that Minami-Oyumi Castle was constructed by the Hara Clan to protect Oyumi Castle from attacks and pressure from the Kazusa Province. In order to fend off the Satomi Clan, the Hara Clan became allies with the Hōjō Clan of Odawara, who also held a grudge against the Satomi Clan, resulting in the Hōjō Clan becoming a force to be reckoned with in Bōsō. The battle with the Satomi Clan finally ceased, but the Hara Clan had to wait until the reconciliation of the

still not widely available, thus there is a possibility this story was made in later years. The second theory is a legend surrounding Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is said that in 1614, Tokugawa Ieyasu stopped in Chiba on his way to Togane to hunt eagles, and drank tea that was made with water from this spring. Sixty years later, in 1674, Tokugawa Mitsukuni (grandson of Ieyasu, known by the name Mito Komon), who visited the region, left behind writings saying “There is water at the base of an old castle known as the ‘ochanomizu of Tosho-gu’ [Tosho-gu is