Virtual Kozukue 33 Kannon Pilgrimage in Yokohama #3 Saisho-ji Temple

     Saisho-ji Temple is supposed to have been founded either by Priest Kokaku (?-1470) or by Priest Zenyu (?-1652).  There is  a burial mound, which is about 3-meter large in diameter, in the precincts, but it is said that there used to be 13 of them.  Although it is not recorded who were buried under them, legend has it that those who had been killed in a war or wars had been buried under them.  13 were killed at a time?  Or one after another?  When?  Why?  Nothing is known.  They might be ancient tumuli of a powerful family in the area.

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