GINZA SHUSSE JIZO

Ginza Terrace,9F,Main Building Ginza Mitsukoshi

Origin of the Ginza SHUSSE JIZO

There are two legends about the Ginza SHUSSE JIZO. One is as follows. At the beginning of the Meiji era (1868-1912), a stonemason's apprentice living in Sanjukanbori wished to carve a Jizo for his parents' memorial service and waited for an opportunity . At that time, it was not possible to carve without the permission of the master , so it was difficult to do so. One day , his master decided to go on a trip, so he carved the Jizo while he was away. However, he buried it in the Sanjukanbori area because he thought he would be scolded if his master found it. A while after his master return ed from his journey, Jizo-sama began to appear in his pupil's dreams night after night,

so he boldly told his master the reason. The master immediately ordered the Jizo-sama to be enshrined with great reverence, and a hall was built and flowers were offered to enshrine him.

The other is the same up to the point where a stonemason's apprentice buried the Jizo in the Sanjuken moat. After burying the Jizo in the Sanjuken moat, work was done to revet the moat, but no matter how many times the moat was repaired, the same places kept breaking down, so the mason wondered why, and when the moat was painstakingly cleared, the Jizo was found. This was thought to be a very powerful Jizo, so it was entrusted to the abbot of Shiba Zojoji Temple and a memorial service was held. Later, when the priest was invited to Asakusa Shiho-ji Temple, he returned the Jizo-sama and enshrined it in a vacant lot in Ginza 4-chome.

It is thought that the Ginza SHUSSE JIZO was enshrined after 1876 and before 1902, when the brick district was built in Ginza. The Ginza district was burnt to the ground in the Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1923.

During the Pacific War , Ginza was also almost completely destroyed in air raids by US military aircraft. Nevertheless, in the year follow ing the end of the war, some 180 shops reopened and a Ginza Reconstruction Festival w as held to cheer up the people of Tokyo. After the war , the Suisei Jizo was placed on the roadside in 4-Chome for a while, but in October 1 968 it was placed on the roof of Ginza Mitsukoshi when the department store was completely renovated. It is said that the Jizo, which had been placed on the roadside for a long time, was named ‘ SHUSSE JIZO’ by people because it ‘climbed from the street to the roof of a large department stores’’.

Netsuke and other items featuring the motif of Ginza SHUSSE JIZOSON are available for sale at the company office next to the shrine.

Sales hours: 11am - 12 noon / 1pm - 3pm.

card charm・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・300yen

Jizo netsuke carved out of boxwood. Each piece is hand-carved, so no two are the same. The Jizo is a wooden carved image of a tsuge

(Japanese box tree) and is carved by hand, so no two are alike. Each person is protected by a single guardian for a long time, and there is no need to return the guardian to the hall every year . Please keep it with you at all times.

Netsuke hand-carved amulet Jizoson・・・・・・・1,000yen（one body）

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