Zojo-ji Temple

The headquarters of Jodo Shu Sect. This was the family temple of the Tokugawa Shogun family, and it inters 6 shoguns as with Ueno's Kanei-ji Temple. The temple's predecessor was the Shingon Sect Komyo-ji Temple constructed at Bushu Toshimagun Edokaizuka (near present day Chiyoda Ward Kioicho) by Shuei, a disciple of Kukai, and in 1393 Shoso converted to the Jodo Shu Sect, and changed the name to Zojo-ji Temple. The temple was relocated to Shiba on the occasion of the renovation and expansion construction on Edo Castle in 1598. The site was expanded through reclamation and other means, and by the first year of the Meiji Era, it had grown to approximately 825,000 square meters and there were already 3,000 monks studying Buddhism there. The honden main Hall, Ankokuden Hall, five-storied pagoda, the Tokugawa mausoleum, etc. were located on the grounds, and in the surrounding area there was a riding ground from Seisho-ji Temple northwest of the temple to the temple's rear gate, and on the eastern and northern sides the "Sakura-kawa River" waterways for providing water and sewage flowed southward, emptying into the Furu-kawa River to the south of the temple, however this was made into an underground culvert during the Taisho Era.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

東都名所　芝神明増上寺全図

芝神明増上寺全図

〔東都名所〕　〔芝〕増上寺

[芝]増上寺

増上寺朝霧

増上寺浅霧

江戸自慢三十六興　増上寺大鐘

増上寺大鐘

東海道名所之内　芝増上寺

東海道名所之内　芝増上寺

東都名所 芝増上寺山内図

東都名所　芝増上寺山内図

Photos

日本之名勝

増上寺山門

旅の家つと 第２９ 都の巻

芝増上寺

日本之勝景 : 一名・帝国美観

増上寺

最新東京名所写真帖

芝増上寺山門

東京風景

芝公園増上寺山門

実写奠都五十年史

明治初年の芝増上寺鐘楼

Other Materials

• 三縁山増上寺（本文）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [3]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
• 三縁山増上寺（挿絵）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [3]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
• [三縁山増上寺]　其二（挿絵）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [3]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
• [三縁山増上寺]　其三（挿絵）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [3]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
• [三縁山増上寺]　其四（挿絵）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [3]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
• 増上寺山内芙蓉洲弁天社（挿絵）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [3]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)

Landmarks around Zojo-ji Temple

Shiba-daijingu Shrine　Akabane　Kanasugi-bashi Bridge　Atagoyama　Atagoshita　Shibaura　Toranomon　Akasaka　Kasumigaseki　Hibiya