Ekoin Temple
Constructed as a memorial for the victims of the Great Fire of Meireki (1657). Those who died in prison, were executed and victims of the Ansei Great Earthquakes were also interred thereafter. It also became a place for the exhibition of Buddhist images from temples all over the country. The sumo events held within the temple ground to raise money for the temple from 1781 and were continued until the Ryogoku Kokugikan was built in 1909. were the origin of today's sumo wrestling.
Nishiki-e and Paintings
名所江戸百景 両ごく回向院元柳橋
Other Materials
Landmarks around Ekoin Temple
Ryogoku-bashi Bridge Bakuro-cho Mannen-bashi Bridge Odenma-cho Onmaya-gashi Komagatado Eitai-bashi Bridge Konya-cho Azuma-bashi Bridge Asakusa Hongan-ji Temple
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