Rikgyoji Temple

It belongs to the last temple of the Lotus Buddhist temple in Kyoto, and is known as Mt. Chiko. The founder of the temple was a Nichitsu Jojin, who first established a small hermitage in the town of Hyobei, Azabu City, and was greatly influenced by the Lotus Sutra, who bought the Lotus Sutra day and night. However, with the prosperity of the temple, it became clear that the land was narrow, so he conspired with Okubo Hikozaemon Tadakyo and a hundred other believers to erect Ichiu on the same site in September of the seventh year of Kanei. This is the temple of Chikozan. Later, it was destroyed by a fire in the eighth year of Kanbun, and it was moved to its current location. In the second year of his life, he was burned to ashes again, and he inaugurated a new building, but in the fourth year of Keio, he encountered the Dan family, and it became difficult to maintain the economy due to the dispersion of the Dan family. The present hall was newly built in the 19th Dynasty. There are some in the temple that are called the Pine Tree, the Bishamondo Hall, and the Saito Mimori Shuzuka. Since there is a tomb of Okubo Hikozaemon, it is commonly known as "Okubo Temple". (From "Shiba Magazine")