庚申塔 (西亀有4)
Koshin tower (Nishi-kameari 4)
庚申待は、江戸時代の庶民が60日に一度おとずれる庚申(かのえさる)の日に皆で集まり、庚申を祭ってお神酒・精進料理などを祭壇に供え、念仏を唱えた後、雑談をして一晩中酒食を共にして寝ずに夜を明かす行事です。この庚申待の集会を3年18回続けた証しとして建立されるのが庚申塔です。こちらの庚申塔が建てられた年代は不詳です。
Koshinmachi (Koshin-waiting) is the assembly which everyone gathers on the day of Kanoesaru, and in honor of Koshin, offerings of sacred Japanese Sake and Buddhist cuisine, chanted the Buddhist invocation, and after that, chatting and eating and drinking together all night without sleeping. The Koshin Pagoda was built as a testimony that these Koshinmachi assembly have been held 18 times over the past three years. It's set year of this Koshin Pagoda is not clarified.
東京都葛飾区西亀有4丁目15−8
Nishi-kameari 4-15-8, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo
撮影日 | Date of photo
2023-04-08