Tawaramoto-cho
Josho-ji Temple


Historic Architecture Designated by the Nara Prefectural Government (Main Hall)
Edo Period

The streets in front of Tawaramoto Station on the Kinki Nippon Railway were founded by Hirano Nagakatsu, a son of the warlord Hirano Nagayasu. In the battle of Shizugatake between warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-98) and the allied forces led by Shibata Katsuie, the ruler of Echizen and Kaga, Hirano Nagayasu won fame in connection with the seven spears. What attracts attention among all others is the front gate of Josho-ji Temple, which was moved here from the Fushimi Momoyama Castle built in Kyoto by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
In the main hall, visitors will find vestiges of the temple's magnificence at the time of its foundation in 1615, though some renovation was made later. The main hall is designated as historic architecture by the Nara prefectural government.
As a temple of the Jodo Shin sect, it owns a portrait of the sect's founder, Shinran, as its treasure.

Source: The Tawaramoto municipal government

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