Virtual Old Awa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #34 Takimoto-Kannon-do Temple

 

     Why the 34th?  Did they copy Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage instead of Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage or Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage?  No information on it has survived the waves of the history.

     There used to be Chotoku-ji Temple in Furuhata.  In 1232, when Old Awa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized by Priest Jihi, its statue of Sahasrabhuja, who has 1,000 arms, was included.  The building for the statue came to be called Takimoto-do.  In 1522, Kasuya Iedane revived the temple.

     The Kasuya Family was started by Fujiwara Motokata, one of the sons of Yoshikata, who became Senior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade, the 11th in the Japanese court ranks, in 853.

     Motokata moved to Kasuya Manor, Osumi County, Sagami Province.  The main members of the family were all killed in Jokyu War in 1221.

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