{"id":22713,"date":"2024-05-08T10:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielpaladino.com\/?p=22713"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:08:05","slug":"five-storied-pagoda-of-sensoji-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2024\/05\/08\/five-storied-pagoda-of-sensoji-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-Storied Pagoda of Sensoji Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here is a not very good photo of the Five-Storied Pagoda of Sensoji Temple (showing four stories only), one of the most famous in Japan.<\/p>\n

In 942, Taira-no-Kinmasa built the Five-storied Pagoda and the Main Hall of Senso-ji Temple. The pagoda met with destruction and fire several times during its history and burned to the ground in World War II. It was rebuilt in 1973 with a steel frame and reinforced concrete and is now 48m high (53m from the ground up). Relics of the Buddha received from Sri Lanka in 1966 are enshrined on the top floor.<\/p>\n

Senso-ji<\/b>:
Early in the morning on March 18, 628, when the capital of Japan was in Asuka, in what is now a part of Nara Prefecture, Hinokuma Hamanari and his brother Takenari were fishing in the Sumida River. Bringing in their net, they were surprised to see that it held one statue . When Haji no Nakatomo, village headman of what is now Asakusa, realized what they had was a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Sho Kanzeon Bosatsu),Kannon called usually.he devoted himself to Buddhism. He remade his house into a temple soon and devoted the rest of his life to worship and holding memorial services for this Kannon.<\/p>\n

In 645, a Buddhist priest named Shokai came to this region and built a hall for the Kannon. Following a revelation he received in a dream, Shokai decided to hide the statue from view. Since that time, it has remained never unveiled.<\/p>\n

Asakusa at the time was a small fishing village located in an estuary of Tokyo Bay in the vast wilderness of the area known as Musashino. It grew and flourished as people arrived in increasing numbers to worship. When Ennin (794-864), head priest of Enryaku-ji (the main temple of the Tendai School of Buddhism) visited Senso-ji in the mid-ninth century, he created a statue identical to the main image (absolutely Hibutsu) so that it could be shown rarely to the public.<\/p>\n

During the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), the Shoguns demonstrated great devotion to Senso-ji. Gradually, other prominent figures, including military leaders and literati, followed their example, and the temple\u2019s importance increased. In 1590 Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa Shogun, designated Senso-ji as the temple where prayers of the shogunate would be offered. After that the successive Tokugawa Shoguns had often visited Senso-ji and the belief in Kannnon of the Senso-ji had spread among common people during the Edo Period(1603-1867).
As from the end of the 18th century through the 19th century Edo city developed into the largest population city in the world , the culture specific to Edo flowered and Asakusa had become the cultural center in Edo.
In the modern times Asakusa has been the popular culture center such as theater,movie,music and vaudeville.<\/p>\n

Senso-ji is the oldest temple in Tokyo and also called Asakusa Kannon because it houses the Kannon, It is known throughout Japan. This important center of worship draws 30 million visitors every year.<\/p>\n

Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo<\/p>\n

Photo Taken: April 06, 2024<\/p>\n

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Here is a not very good photo of the Five-Storied Pagoda of Sensoji Temple (showing four stories only), one of the most famous in Japan. In 942, Taira-no-Kinmasa built the Five-storied Pagoda and the Main Hall of Senso-ji Temple. 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