Old Edo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #24 Ryusho-in Kannon-do Temple

      Uesugi Sadakatsu (1604-1645) was the 2nd lord of the Yonezawa Domain in the Edo Period.  His eldest daughter, Tokuhime, got married to Maeda Toshiharu (1618-1660), the 1st lord of the Daishoji Domain.  She became a nun after his death, and was given a Bhuddhsit name, Choson-in.  She founded Kozen-ji Temple in 1674.  Ryusho-in Kannon-do Temple was also founded by her.  Mysteriously, the presence of the temple had been already recorded in 1624.  In 1623, her grandfather, Kagekatsu (1556-1623), one of the heroes in the Warring States Period, had died.

     In 1739, it was renamed Ryugen-ji, with Ryusho-in Kannon-do still in the precincts.  The conversion was supported by Okudaira Masashige (1694-1746), the 1st lord of the Nakatsu Domain.

     The Avalokitesvara statue in Ryusho-in Kannon-do Temple has been famous for answering prayers for a safe childbirth.

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