埼玉県入間郡三芳町にある多福寺です。
山号は「三富山」です。

境内は緑豊かで静寂に包まれていて、総門、山門、本堂が一直線に並んだ伽藍配置です。
美しい見事な総門の扉の家紋は開基である柳沢吉保(当時の川越藩主)の郡山花菱です。
山門は非常に見事な二層の門で、扁額は「呑天閣」です。中には十六羅漢が安置されているそうです。

当地である三富新田（上富、中富、下富）の開拓を進める際に入植者の菩提寺として柳沢吉保により創建されました。

開拓事業は飲料水の確保に始まり、非常に困難な事業だったそうで、飲料水の確保が非常に大変であったそうです。
その時に作られた元禄の井戸の水は「甘露水」と呼ばれていたそうです。

This is Tafukuji Temple in Miyoshi-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama Prefecture.
The mountain name is “Santome-san."
The temple grounds are surrounded by lush greenery and tranquility, and the main gate, mountain gate, and main hall are lined up in a straight line.

The beautiful and magnificent family crest on the doors of the main gate is the Koriyama Hanabishi of the temple's founder, Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu (then lord of Kawagoe Domain).
The mountain gate is a magnificent two-story gate with a plaque reading "Dontenkaku." Sixteen arhat statues are said to be enshrined inside.

The temple was founded by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu as a family temple for settlers when he was developing the Santome Shinden (Kamitome, Nakatomi, Shimotomi) area.

The development project began with the securing of drinking water, and it was said to have been an extremely difficult project, and securing drinking water was extremely tough.
The water from the Genroku well built at that time was called "Kanro-sui" (sweet water).


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