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Shinmei Shrine and Kōmyō Temple were deeply involved together in the management of Chiba Minato and water transportation.* In the Edo Period, Samugawa Minato replaced Chiba Minato and further developed by assuming the responsibility of transporting the annual rent from the Sakura domain to Edo, which ruled Chiba at the time. It is believed that Kōmyō-in moved to its current location when Samugawa was established as a town. *Kōmyō-in was the “Bettōji” which presided over Shinmei Shrine (“Bettōji” were administrative temples that managed shrines which believed in syncretism, which was the amalgamation and equation of Shinto and

currently known as Dojo Kita in Chuo Ward. The Jishū Buddhist Sect was founded by Ippen Shōnin. The Jishū Sect used to focus its missionary work in urban areas, so the fact that this temple was located in Chiba City infers that it was quite a lively city at that time. The Chiba Clan became followers of the Jishū Sect and Raikou-ji Temple became a prominent temple for the sect in the Kanto area. During the Edo Period, the temple converted to the Jōdo Sect and then became Raikou-ji Temple (the kanji characters for the name changed

kept in Chiba Shrine). In the past, there was a port called Chiba Minato located at the estuary of the Miyako River which utilized an inlet known as “Yūkiura”. Chiba Minato served a very important function as a port because the Chiba Clan were lords of the sea at that time and used water transportation for their economic activities with cities such as Kamakura. The nearby Shinmei Shrine was the guardian deity of the sea for the Chiba Clan and it was dedicated to praying for safe voyages at sea. The Grand Head Shrine of Shinmei Shrine is Ise

. In the following year, Yasutane was also slain by To Tsuneyori of the Chiba clan, who had come from Gujo District, Mino Province after receiving an order from the shogunate. Chiko-in Temple is believed to have been founded by Yasutane, after the fall of the manor. In this time period, it was believed that spirits of the fallen would bring about calamity and misfortune. Thus, as a way to pacify these spirits, the ruins of the other party’s manor or castle were sometimes converted into temples. Because of this, it is possible that this location might have

wife, who were chief vassals of the Chiba clan and lords of Oyumi Castle. It is said that Hara Taneyoshi's wife was healed of an illness, which increased her faith in the monk Doyo Teiha, and thus leading to the temple being built north of the castle. Around this time, the Hara clan governed the Oyumi area instead of the Chiba clan, who had moved their headquarters to Motosakura Castle (Shisui Town, Sakura City). There is an ancient document dating back to 1577, which states that Hara Taneyoshi secured the residence and land of Daigan-ji Temple. The

Temple in Mabashi in Kogane (Matsudo City) with the help of Ryokan (Ninsho) of Gokuraku-ji Temple (in Kamakura). There, prayers were offered to the souls of the Chiba clan members when they passed away. The chronicle mentions that it was moved to Chiba during Sadatane’s (Yoritane’s grandson) time, and that in 1455, when Chiba Tanenao and others perished at Tako Castle and Shima Castle (in Tako-machi), their remains were sent to Dainichi-ji Temple and the stone gorintos were built. In 1963, when park construction was underway, a bonsho (Buddhist bell) with an inscription on

from being a defense installation, there is also a possibility that this part also served to anchor ships and unload cargo. Since most of the unearthed relics have been from the late 15th to early 16th century, it has been concluded that the Hamano Castle was active at the same time as when the Hara clan, senior vassals of the Chiba clan, were lords of the Oyumi Castle. It is believed that the Hara clan’s base being Oyumi Castle also played a role in Hamano’s being a central harbour to the Uchibo region. We can also infer

grandson, Chiba Naritane, defeated Fujiwara no Chikamasa who had sided with the Heike. Additionally, based on a copy of the inscription on the Buddhist bell (casted in 1227, currently not extant) of Godai-do temple hall of Zuigan-ji Temple (currently Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture), we know that, at the time, Tsuneshige had already advanced into Watari District in Mutsu Province (currently Watari-cho, Miyagi Prefecture). The Takeshi clan, who had migrated to the northeast of Japan, adopted the name Watari towards the end of the Kamakura period. In the Edo period, it became the Wakuya-Date clan of

section of the castle, known as the kuruwa (the enclosure), was the center of the castle; in the Edo period, it was known as the honmaru (the inner citadel). The area around Shinmei Shrine, located north, is said to be the site of an observation platform, from which, at one time, one could previously get a full view of the shoreline of Tokyo Bay as well as the nearby Chiba Port. The space between the inner citadel and the site of the observation platform is low, but that is the site of a waterless canal that was set up

have had his poetry published in the Imperial Collection of waka poetry, the “shin senzai wakashu”. He died at the young age of 32 in 1365, and it is said that this was the same year in which Kotoku-ji Temple was built. However, Tanetaka was still young at this time and it is believed that after becoming an adult, he constructed the temple in memory of his father. The Hara clan was based in Oyumi Castle, in what is now known as Oyumi-cho, Chuo Ward. In 1455, Hara Tanefusa (Tanetaka’s grandson) and Makuwari Yasutane, who was