Okitama 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

     Okitama 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized by O-Fune (1557-1637), the wife of Naoe Kanetsugu (1560-1619).  Kanetsugu was the consul under Uesugi Kagekatsu (1555-1623), who was one of the great rivals against Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), who united the whole of Japan under his dictatorship after the Warring States Period.  That means Kanetsugu and O-Fune had witnessed countless deaths.