Virtual Tama River 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #11 Shinsho-ji Temple

 

     Shinsho-ji Temple was founded by Priest Koi (?-1036) in the 1010’s, when the Fujiwara Clan was at the height of their prosperity in Kyoto.  They had plenty of manors around the country.  An archeological excavation showed there used to be Shinjihi-ji Temple, which was as big as Senso-ji Temple, in the Sekido-Village area at the time with a big village around it.

     The temple declined, and was revived by Raiyu (?-1297).  Priest Zen’i (?-1606) revived the temple again and transferred it to Shingon Sect.

     In Japan in1899, there were 91,077 who had dysentery, and 23,189 died of it.  It started from the Kanto Region in June.  There, the number of people infected increased 9.7 times to 7,400 in July.  It further increased 4.5 times to 33,493 in August.  In September, 27,030, in October, 13,770, in November, 7,144, and finally came to an end in December.  The epidemic repeated every summer.  During those days, the Kannon-do Hall was used as an isolation hospital.  In 1902, the epidemic drew to an end, and the building was burned.

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