大須

大須観音（北野山真福寺寶生院）

真言宗智山派別格本山。
現在の岐阜県羽島市桑原町大須に元亨四年（1324年）後醍醐天皇が北野天満宮を創建し、元弘三年（1333年）？に、別当寺として能信が開山したとされる。慶長十七年（1612年）に徳川家康の命で、清洲から名古屋へ都市機能が移され（清洲越し）、その際に真福寺の内の寶生院が古文書や地名も連れて名古屋に移転したのがこの大須観音。
羽島の真福寺は現存するが、長良川のすぐ左岸、東の木曽川にも近いので昔は水害に見舞われただろう。『古事記』の真福寺本で知られる。

A Short History of Osu Kannon Temple (English)

A Short History of Osu Kannon Temple (From the temple's english pamphlet.)

Originally Osu Kannon Temple was situated in Osu-go, Nagaoka village in the domain of Owari, which
is nowadays Hashima city in Gifu prefecture. The founder of this temple is known as Noushin Shounin
(a holy priest)
In the 4th year of the Genkyoera (1324),the Emperor Godaigo gave an order to build Kitano Tenmangu
Shrine in Nagaoka Village.
As the Emperor Godaigo liked Noushin, he also took refuge with him in the shrine. Therefore, on the 3rd
year of the Genko era (1333) the Emperor Godaigo apointed Noushin as the head priest of the Shrine
and at the same time Osu Kannon Temple was given the title `Kitano-San Shipukuji Houshyouin`.
In order to found the temple, Noushin retreated to Ise Shrine for one hundred days and prayed with
great passion to ask who he should enshrine in the temple so that people would be rescued and blessed.
Finally, his wish was granted. One evening he had a spiritual dream, in which he received a revelation
which said that `The Great Compassion of Kannon (Avalokitesvara) offers compassion which is of
infinite benefit and is therefore venerable to all people` and then he saw the holy figure of Kannon. This
holy figure took the exactly the same form as the image of Kannon in Shitennouji Temple in Sessyu
(Osaka) which had been carved by Kobodaishi (the founder of Shingon sect) long time ago.
The mystery of the spiritual dream was heard by the Emperor Gomurakami who gave an order to
relocated the Shitennouji temple's Kannon to Osu Kannon Temple, and since then people devoted
themselves to this image of Kannon. The spiritual power of Osu Kannon increased over time. The
Emperor Gomurakami also took refuge with Noushin and gave an honorable royal order, in which he
demanded new temple buildings, and a large area of paddy fields. He also requested that Osu Kannon
Temple `shall be a royal prayer temple`.
Noushin was a very studious individual, and collected many important text books which were stored in
Osu Kannon Temple's library (Shinpukuji Library) and were also considered as sacred. Once a Shinto
maiden brought him a high priest robe (sougyarti) and another time a deity brought a mask which was
shaped just like a devil's head (Kimen). Then he told Noushin `this mask is an embodiment of the
Kannon, and therefore by the power of Buddha it can eliminate people's misfortune and give them
happiness`. These objects are still kept as treasures of the temple.
Over the years, the spiritual power of Osu Kannon Temple became known around the country. Shinyu
Shounin became the second head priest and Ninyu Houshinnou was appointed as the third. Eeach priest
was son of the Emperor. The temple's land increased and most of the Shingon temples in Ise, Mino
(Gifu), Owari(Aichi), Mikawa, Toutoumi(west part of Shizuoka) and Shinano(Nagano) were affiliated
with Osu Kannon Temple.
After that Japan entered the age of wars. In this period Osu Kannon Temple received a large amount of
farm land from Oda Nobunaga. In the 17th year of the Keicyo era (1612), Tokugawa Ieyasu built Nagoya
castle and relocated the temple to the present location near by the castle. Since then, a lot of believers
have been paying homage at the Osu Kannon Temple which is commonly called `Osu Kannon`. It
flourished as a center part of the city and to this day it has remained a main temple in the Chisan
denomination.

仁王門

左の説明のように、『古事記』の真福寺本を始め多数の古文書が残されている。

「お護摩祈祷」の声が聞こえ始めたら仁王門の屋根にとまっていた鳩が一斉に本堂の屋根に飛んできたのには驚いた。

本尊は聖観音立像。2012年に28年振りに開帳された。

扇塚

芭蕉の句碑：「いざさらば 雪みに ころぶ所まで」

真言宗寺院の大師信仰

「大正琴発祥の地」の碑

大阪なら千日前、東京なら浅草といった雰囲気の繁華街。

富士浅間神社・まねき稲荷

河野重助氏胸像は『富士淺間神社誌』編纂のご縁か？

名古屋は昭和二十年３月19日、５月14日などの空襲で市街地は焦土と化した。この社殿が初代尾張藩主徳川義直の正室高原院（春姫）によって建てられたものだとすると奇跡的だが。

景陽山総見寺

臨済宗妙心寺派
総見寺と言えば安土城にある摠見寺を思ってしまうが、この寺は織田信長の次男織田信雄が伊勢国の安國寺を総見寺と改名して清州に移し、更に 清洲越しによりここへ移った。

亀嶽林萬松寺（万松寺（ばんしょうじ））

上の扉が開くとからくり人形「信長」が上演される本堂。

曹洞宗の寺院。
天文九年（1540年）に織田家の菩提寺として織田信長の父・織田信秀が開いた。元々の開基は信秀の叔父大雲永瑞和尚。当初はは現在の中区錦・丸の内2丁目・3丁目付近の広大な現在の一等地を領有していたが、名古屋城築城の時にこの寺町へ移転した。
信長の振る舞いで知られる信秀の葬儀が行なわれた寺でもある。大正時代に境内を開放して名古屋最大の繁華街（歓楽街？）が形成された。現在も大地主のようだが、寺院らしい空間を造るスペースはなくなってしまっている。

春日神社

左下の「由緒」によると、鹿島神宮から奈良の春日大社へ祭神を勧請した際ここに泊まったというご縁で、天慶年間（938年～947年）に郡司の藤原某が奈良の春日大社から勧請したという。
徳川光友(尾張藩二代藩主)の母が安産祈願をして神木の椎の木を祀って病気が治ったとされている。

左横の社は津島さんか、牛頭天王か？

神木の椎の木は空襲で焼けたとのこと。
後継の木は大きくなっているがまだまだといったところ。