Virtual Old Kamakura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #33 Jigan-ji Temple

     Jigan-ji Temple was founded by Hojo Tsunashige (1515-1587) in the middle of the 16th century.  The main deity was the statue of Ekadasamukha, who has 11 faces, which had been carved around the 13th century.

     Imagawa Yoshitada (1436-1476) was killed in a battle when he invaded Totomi Province in 1476.  His son, Ryuomaru, was just 4 years old then, and his cousin, Oshika Norimitsu (?-1487), was also watching for the succession.  The Ashikaga Shogunate dispatched Ise Moritoki (1456-1519) to mediate the infighting.  It was Ryuomaru who succeeded Yoshitada and changed his name to Ujichika (1471-1526).  When Ujichika died, as he had no son yet, his younger brothers, Nagasane (1517-1536), a child of a concubine, and Yoshimoto (1519-1560), a child of a lawful wife, struggled for the succession.  As the concubine was from the Kushima Family, Kushima Masashige (1492-1536) supported Nagasane and was defeated.  His family asked Hojo Ujitsuna (1487-1541) for protection.  Masashige's son, Tsunashige (1515-1587), became a favorite with Ujitsuna, who married his daughter to Tsunashige.

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