桐生七福神めぐりの寺々

　弁財天(光明寺・宮本町三丁目)、寿老人(妙音寺・西久方町一丁目)、大黒天(法経寺・同)、福禄寿(青蓮寺・同)、恵比寿(久昌寺・天神町三丁目)、毘沙門天(鳳仙寺・梅田町一丁目)、布袋尊(西方寺・同)。吾妻山東面の県緑地環境保全地域に近く、大川美術館、吾妻公園、駅にも近い寺をめぐる観光コース約７.５キロが３年１２月に設けられた。七福神はいずれも各寺の歴史ある祭神ばかり。

・　「ぐんま１００選」に選ばれた鳳仙寺。
　　市の重要文化財＝「輪蔵」「山門」「梵鐘」
　　市の史跡＝「由良成繁の墓」
　　市の保存樹第１号＝本堂前の大カヤは高さ２９.５ﾒｰﾄﾙ、幹周囲３.７２ﾒｰﾄﾙ、推定樹齢５２０年。
・　青蓮寺、県の重要文化財「金銅善光寺三尊仏」
・　西方寺、県の重要文化財「木造阿弥陀如来像」
　　市の史跡＝「桐生氏累代の墓」

　On the east face of Mt. Azuma, near the prefectural nature reserve, Ogawa Art Gallery, Azuma Garden and the train station, is a 7.5 km pilgrims' trail, completed December, 1991. Each of the temples on the route has one of the seven Gods of Good Fortune as its historic festival deity.

　Benzaiten (Kohmei Temple, Miyamo-cho 3-chome), Juroujin (Myoon Temple, Nishihisakata-cho 1-chome), Daikokuten (Houkyo Temple, same address), Fukurokuju (Seiren Temple, same address), Ebisu (Hisamasa Temple, Tenjin-cho 3-chome), Bisyamonten (Hohsen Temple, Umeda-cho 1-chome), Hotaison (Nishikata Temple, same address).

　Hohsen Temple's circular storehouse, main temple gate and bell are important cultural assets of the city, while its 'Tomb of Narishige Yura' was named a Kiryuu historical site. The large miscanthus, 29.5 meters high, 3.72 meters in circumference and estimated to be 520 years old, in front of the main temple became the city's first protected tree in September, 1977.

　Hohsen Temple and Oka Park were the two places from Kiryuu selected for 'Gunma Top 100'. Seiren Temple's 'Kindozenkoujisansonbutsu' and Nishikata Temple's wooden Amitabha Buddha are prefectural cultural assets, while the latter's 'Tomb of Kiryuujiruidai' is a city historical site.