Buddhist temple
Teishō-in
貞昌院（ていしょういん）
Kōnan, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
A Sōtō sect temple in Kaminagaya, Kōnan Ward, Yokohama; its mountain name is Tenjinzan. Its principal image is a statue of Jūichimen Kanzeon Bosatsu, and the main hall also enshrines a statue of Shakamuni Butsu whose eye-opening ceremony was held in Heisei 3.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Prayers associated with this place
Principal image: statue of Jūichimen Kanzeon Bosatsu (a statue of Shakamuni Butsu is also enshrined in the main hall)
History and things to know
According to the temple's tradition, it was originally 天性院, a Tendai sect lodging temple (shukubō); in Tenshō 10 (1582) 明堂文龍 Daioshō, fourth abbot of 徳翁寺, was invited and it was built as a Sōtō temple, and from then on it served as the bettō of Nagaya Tenmangū. In Bunka 14 (1817) it moved to its present site next to the Tenmangū, and after a fire in the Meiji era and the Great Kantō Earthquake its halls were rebuilt.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Before you visit
It stands next to Nagaya Tenmangū.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 貞昌院「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-22 確認）
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