North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

     A Written record on North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage dates back to 1845.  The stone image of Buddha in #7 Saiho-ji Temple is dated 1738.  Some even argue it had been organized as early as by 1654.

     Anyway, in 1887, Tsuda Ganjiro (1814-1889) started delivering the copy Kannon statues of Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, the first 33 Kannon pilgrimage in Japan, to the 33 temples of North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.  It means #1 Komyo-in Temple of North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, has the copy Kannon statue of #1 Seiganto-ji Temple of Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, and so forth.

     In 1978, Nakajima Kazuyoshi and Otsuka Hideo tried to revive the pilgrimage and published a guidebook.  However, their attempt wasn’t supported by all the 33 temples, and the pilgrimage has become obsolete.