Virtual Fushimi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #19 Daikoku-ji Temple

     Prince Takaoka (799-865) founded Chofuku-ji Temple.  It is unknown when it changed its name to Daikoku-ji.  The main deity is the statue of Mahakala, whose Japanese name is Daikokuten.  Probably, the nickname became the name.  The temple’s another (?) nickname is Satsuma-dera.  In 1615, the then lord of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535-1619), asked the Kyoto Magistrate, Itakura Katsushige (1545-1624), to let the domain use Daikoku-ji Temple for prayer.  In 1615, the Tokugawa Shogunate finally destroyed its foe, the Toyotomi Clan, in the Siege of Osaka.  The Shimazu Clan had a branch office in Fushimi, and they might have needed a temple to perform a Buddhist memorial services.  The temple was just across the Hori River from the office.