法明寺鬼子母神堂本堂（鬼子母神堂）

所在地　豊島区雑司が谷3-15-20　（鬼子母神堂）

　鬼子母神堂本堂
　　東京都指定有形文化財　指定昭和35年（1960）2月13日
　『新編武蔵風土記稿』によると建立は天正6年（1578）5月3日であるが、そののち寛文4年（1664）松平安芸守光晟の室、法名自昌院英心日妙大姉が寄進して、今の本殿を造営した。
　拝殿と幣殿（相の間）は元禄13年（1700）に建立されたことが、昭和51年（1976）におこなわれた昭和大修理において発見された墨書や銘文によって確認されている。
　本殿は桁行6.04メートル、梁間5.77メートル、一重、流造、桧皮葺形銅版葺。相の間は桁行6.06メートル、梁間6.04メートル、一重、両下造、とち葺形銅版葺。拝殿は桁行17.86メートル、梁間11.81メートル、一重、入母屋造。厨子は一間厨子、入母屋造、軒唐破風附本瓦形板葺。
　平成2年（1990）12月27日建設　東京都教育委員会

　　　　　Houmyou-ji Kishimojin-do
Honden(main hall):6.06m wide,5.90m deep,One-story,Flowing style gable roof,Cooper tile roofing,Ai-no-ma(space betwiin two buildings),3-bays wide,1-bay deep,One-story,Gable roof without gabe pediments.Haiden (worship hall):5-bays wide.4-bays deep,One-story,Hip-and-gable roof,Plover bargeboard at front,1-bay wide stepcanopy,Eabes with undulaing bargeboards,Light wight tile roofing (a pantile that combines broad concave tiles and semi-cylindrical convex tiles),Copper tile roofing only for eaves with undulating bargeboards.

 According to the ridge tag,Kishimojin Honden was constructed in 1644.Haidenn and Heiden (offering hall),which have complex roof styles,were built in 1700.According to Shinpen-Musashifudokiko (chorography of Musashikou),princess Man (3rd daughter of Toshitsune,a fudal lord of Kanazawa clan),the official wife of Mitsuakira Asano,a feudal lord of Hiroshima clan,contributed to the construction of this temple.Honden is Sangensha-nagare-zukuri (3-bays wide and has a symmetric flowing style gable roof) and 2-bays deep.It contains a 3-bays wide room including a step canopy.Heiden,whichconnects Honden and haiden,is 3-bay wide and 1-bays deep.A three steps stair is connected to its centre.Haiden is 5-bay wide,4-vays deep,and has a hip-and -gable roof an plover bargeboards.A step canopy with undulating bargeboard is at front and veranda surrounds the front and the sides.Kishimojin was founded becous a Kishimojin statue was found in 1561.According to Shinpen-Musashifudokiko and other records,a sub-templeTouyobo(now Daigyou-in),was the main worship place before.At the end of Edo period,Houmyou-ji was so popular that eve the Shogun visited.
 Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education