This is the name of the slope running from south to north along the northern side of Ikukunitama Shrine in Ikutamacho, Tennoji Ward. The Ikutama Jubo (ten lodges of Ikutama each having a resident Buddhist priest) at Ikukunitama Shrine include Hoan-ji Temple which was as Jingu-ji (Buddhist temple enclosing a Shinto shrine) which flourished until the proscription of Buddhism in the Meiji Period. The six lodges north of the shrine are Io-in Temple and Kannon-in Temple (on the south side of the slope), Sakura-honin Temple and Shinzo-in Temple (on the east side of the slope) and Hensho-in Temple and Mandara-in Temple (on the east side of the downward exit). Since all of them were temples of the Shingon Denomination on the slope is called Shingon-zaka. In Volume 3 of Settsu Meisho-zue (Famous Sights of Old Osaka) the slope with its stone steps is identified as "Ikutama Shingon-zaka."
Today Shingon-zaka is a stone paved road, enhancing a quiet atmosphere. The pair of night-light lanterns in front of the north gate of Ikukunitama Shrine were originally on the boat dock at Temma Hakken'ya and bear the inscription "Man'en Gannen" ( the first year of Man'en, i.e., 1860) |
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