Abstract
Tenma Honganji Jinaimachi was consisted of Honganji Temple (the Gobo) and its town. Hongariji Temple was considered to be located on the eastern part of the Jinaimachi, and the circumference around the Jinaimachi was not permitted to be fortified by Hideyoshi. Such a construction cannot be regarded as the regular style of Honganji and it symbolically shows the change in quality of Honganji Jinaimachi under the severe control of Hideyoshi. Honganji Jinaimachi was in turn compelled to remove to Kyoto in 1591. After the removal, Tenma district didnot go to ruin, but continued as the town. Tenma-kumi (one of the regional community of Osaka in the Edo era) came into being laying the foundation of Tenma Houganji Jinaimachi.
