Myokokuji Temple in Sakai City
2010年 11月 09日Myokokuji Temple was established in 1562. Since it was attacked and burnt down in 1945 at the late stage of World War II, the buildings of this temple is new.
This temple is famous for the cycad. Here is a legend of the cycad. They have existed since 16th century. Once they were taken to Azuchi in Shiga Prefecture with Nobunaga Oda, but the cycad cried, even bled, and said it wanted to go home. Consequently, it was safely brought back to Myokokuji Temple!
There are many cycads now.
Myokokuji is also known as Seppuku Temple. Seppuku means “hara-kiri”, and this term is better known. At the very end of Edo period, 7 months before Meiji Restoration in 1868, samurai warriors from Tosa, the old term of Kochi Prefecture, were guarding Sakai City at that time. There was a dispute with French sailors and those sailors were killed by Tosa samurai warriors. 29 samurais were sentenced to death and eleven of them were killed by hara-kiri at Myokokuji Temple to take responsibility.
This incident is called Sakai Jiken, in English, Sakai Incident.
There is a monument.
Here are the names of 11 samurais.
There are graveyards of these worriers inside of this kindergarten across from Myokokuji.
Open everyday except the end and the beginning of the year.
Admission: 400 yen.
A few minute walk from Myokokuji-mae Station of Hankai Line.
by berry-raspberry
| 2010-11-09 20:54
| Osaka Pf - Sakai