Yagenbori Fudō-in, Buddhist temple in Higashi-Nihonbashi, Japan.
Yagenbori Fudō-in is a Buddhist temple in Higashi-Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and the Tokyo branch temple of Kawasaki Daishi Heiken-ji, headquarters of the Chizan school of Shingon Buddhism. Its crest, like the main temple's, is a circle enclosing three oak leaves. The resident priest is the abbot of Heiken-ji, currently Ryūjō Fujita.
Yagenbori Fudō-in is the Tokyo branch temple (betsuin) of Kawasaki Daishi Heiken-ji, the head temple of the Chizan school of Shingon Buddhism in Kawasaki. Its founding abbot was Daiin Sōzu; the resident priest is traditionally the head priest of Heiken-ji, currently Fujita Ryūjō. The temple carries the same crest as its head temple, three hollyhock leaves in a circle.
Yagenbori Fudō-in is the Tokyo branch temple (別院) of Kawasaki Daishi Heiken-ji, headquarters of the Chizan school of Shingon Buddhism, and its abbot is the head priest of that main temple. Its crest, a circle enclosing three oak leaves, matches the main temple's. Together with Meguro Fudō and Mejiro Fudō it counts among the Three Great Fudō of Edo.
The temple is a three-minute walk from exits B3 and B4 of Higashi-Nihonbashi Station on the Toei Asakusa Line, and five minutes from exits A3 and A4 of Bakuro-Yokoyama Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line. Toei bus route Aki 26 toward Kasai Station stops at Higashi-Nihonbashi Station-mae, six minutes on foot. The head priest is the abbot of Kawasaki Daishi Heiken-ji, the main temple.
The temple is the Tokyo branch temple (別院) of Kawasaki Daishi Heiken-ji, the head temple of the Chizan school of Shingon Buddhism, and its abbot is the head priest of that main temple. Its crest, a circle enclosing three oak leaves, matches the main temple's.
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