Jisei-in or alternately pronounced Jishō-in is the name of many temples in Japan. Jishō-in at Nishi-Ochiai in Shinjuku, Tokyo is known as Cat Jizō or cat temple. The statue of jizō can be shown publicly once a year on the day of setsubun with bean scattering and parade of Shichifukujin. The temple locates facing Shin-Ōme-Kaidō Avenue and near Mejiro-Dōri Avenue . Jishō-in at Kameido in Kōtō, Tokyo is known as Takenojō temple or Actor temple . Ichimura Takenojō, a Japanese actor and act promoter, visited the temple in April, 1679, during the Edo period of Japanese history. The temple was relocated from Honjo during the Edo period.There is a modern temple of the same name in Tokyo, currently headed by Eichi Osawa.
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