Ikoji Ichihara Kuniyoshi

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Ikooji 医光寺 Iko-Ji, Nishi-Kuniyoshi
摩尼山 Manizan 医光寺 / 醫光寺 Ikooji

市原市西国吉185 / Ichihara town, Nishi-Kuniyoshi

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 1469.
It is related to Princess お江与 O-Go no Kata / 崇源院 Sogen-In
Oeyo (於江与), Gō (江), Ogō (小督) or Satoko (達子) (1573 – September 15, 1626)
She was the third and youngest daughter of the Sengoku-period daimyō Azai Nagamasa.
Her mother, Oichi was the younger sister of Oda Nobunaga.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the adoptive father and protector of Oeyo in the period before her marriage.
. More in the Wikipedia .

Not much information about the temle is found online.

- Jizo Bosatsu statues in the compound

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shuin　朱印 stamp

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- - - - - Reference of the Temple

- source : ameblo.jp/kawasemi726... -
- source : google 医光寺 醫光寺 ...
- reference source : tesshow ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This Temple is Nr. 30 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .


. Legends about temples named 医光寺 Ikko-ji .

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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. Temples with legends .

. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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