Jisei-in

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Jisei-in or alternate pronounce Jishō-in (自性院, Jisei-in or alternate pronounce Jishō-in^?) is the name of many temples in Japan.

• Jishō-in at Nishi-Ochiai in Shinjuku, Tokyo is known as "Cat Jizō" (猫地蔵, nekojizō^?) or "cat temple". The statue of jizō can be shown publicly once a year on the day of setsubun (February 3) with bean scattering and parade of Shichifukujin at 2:30 PM. The temple locates facing new-Ōme-street and near Mejiro-street.
• Jishō-in at Kameido in Kōtō, Tokyo is known as "Takenojō temple" (竹之丞寺, Takenojōdera^?) or "Actor temple" (役者寺, Yakushadera^?). Ichimura Takenojō, a Japanese actor and act promoter, visited the temple in April, 1679, during the Edo period of Japanese history. The temple was relocated from Honjo (present day Sumida, Tokyo) during the Edo period.

There is a modern temple of the same name in Tokyo, currently headed by Eichi Osawa.

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• Ichimura Takenojô visits the Jiseiin
• Jishō-in at Kameido
• Geyer, Georgie Anne, 1935- When Cats Reigned Like Kings: On the Trail of the Sacred Cats