After Ieyasu's death, high priest Tenkai built Toeizan Kanei-ji Temple in Ueno to be the guardian of Edo's Kimon (northeast) gate, and the responsibility for the Tendai sect's affairs was transferred to Edo. |
家康の死後、天海僧正により江戸の鬼門鎮護の目的で上野に東叡山寛永寺が建立されてからは、天台宗の宗務の実権は江戸に移った。 |