Virtual Old Kamakura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #20 Enpuku-ji Temple

     Enpuku-ji Temple was founded by Priest Bunju at the end of the 16th century.  The statue of Ekadasamukha, who has 11 faces, had been carved by Genshin (942-1017).  In 1573, the Japanese era name Genki was changed to Tensho.  The new era name was suggested by Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), but not Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537-1597), the 15th shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate.  Enpuku-ji Temple was founded when Nobunaga was replacing the Ashikaga Clan as the head of samurais.

Address: 336 Maiokacho, Totsuka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa 244-0813