Virtual Yokohama City 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #24 Mitsuzo-in Temple

     Mitsuzo-in Temple is supposed to have been founded after Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616) was transferred to Edo in 1590.  It used to be a shrine temple of 10 shrines in the area: Ise Shrine, Inari Shrine, Mishima Shrine, Hikawa Shrine, Ne Shrine, Kifune Shrine, San’o Shrine, Shinmei Shrine, and Sarasvati Shrine.  In 1766, it also became a shrine temple of Yahata Shrine, which had been founded after the statue of Yahata had been washed ashore in August, 543.

     The stone statue of Arya Avalokitesvara was presented in 1792 by the donor from Chishaku Village, Mie County, which belongs to Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture today.  How come?  Who knows?  On September 1, 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake destroyed all the buildings in the precincts.

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