Gosho-ji

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Gosho-ji(毫摂寺 goshojii) is a Buddhist temple, in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan. The other name of this temple is Kohama-gobo(小浜御坊). Kohama is a name of the area around the temple, and along the Arima Kaido road, which connected Osaka or Kyoto, to Arima Onsen till Yedo Period. This temple belongs to Jodo-shinshu-honganjiha(浄土真宗本願寺派) sect of Buddhism.

[edit] History

Gosho-ji is said to be established in 'Meiou Nenkan' from 1492 to 1501. In the age of civil war in the 16th century, the town of Kohama developed as a typical 'Jinai-machi'(寺内町) literally, 'town in a temple' of Gosho-ji. However, the town and the temple was burned by General Masanori Fukushima(福島正則) in 1595, by the order of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, because one of wives of Hidetsugu Toyotomi, Kohama-hime(小浜姫) or Kame-hime(亀姫) from this town, was killed with Hidetsugu by Hideyosi. Hidetsugu was a nephew of Hideyoshi, but killed by Hideyoshi because Hideyosi doubted that Hidetsugu may takeover the power of Hideyosi and Hideyori Toyotomi, the only son of Hideyoshi. In Meiji Period, Gosho-ji was given the title of 'Bekkaku'(別格), literraly, 'special' by the sect.