Category:

Municipally Designated Natural Monument

Title:

Dainichido no shinoki

The Castanopsis Tree of Dainichido Hall

大日堂のシイノキ

No. of features:

One tree

Designated:

August 11, 1970

Location:

Dainichido Hall

1-385 Amanumacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Tokoji Temple

Description:

This Castanopsis tree is located in the southeast corner of Dainichido Hall’s cemetery, where it juts out over the western margin of the Minuma Irrigation Canal. 

At the time of designation, the tree stood 16 meters tall, with a trunk circumference of 3.7 meters and a base circumference of 8 meters. The canopy spread 14.75 meters East-West and 16 meters North-South.

This particular tree is also known as the “Childbirth Castanopsis”. This name originates from legends that say that a statue of the bodhisattva Jizo (Kṣitigarbha) enshrined in the tree’s base is capable of granting blessings for a safe birth.

Associated Texts:

(1987). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 3). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

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Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

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