Virtual Quasi-Saigoku Inage 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #24 Yofuku-ji Temple

 

     Yofuku-ji Temple was founded by Priest Johan (?-1469).

     The Kyotoku War lasted for 28 years from 1454 till 1482.  During the war, Ashikaga Shigeuji (1438-1497), the Kanto Deputy Shogun in Kamakura, relinquished Kamakura and moved to Koga in 1457.  In 1458, the Muromachi Shogunate sent out another deputy shogun, Ashikaga Masatomo (1435-1491), from Kyoto for Kamakura, but he couldn’t enter Kamakura and stayed in Horikoshi, Izu Province.  From then on, there were the Koga Deputy Shogun and the Horikoshi Deputy Shogun in the Kanto Region.  On October 14, 1459, the 2 camps had a big battle in Ota Manor, Musashi Province. Even after the battle, the 2 camps kept having skirmishes over Tone River until 1477.  After 1477?  The whole country was thrown into the Warring States Period.

     It was one of those days that Johan founded the temple.  Yofuku literally means Developing Welfare.  Could he make a small welfare heaven or shelter in the precincts?

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