Virtual Koma 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #26 Noguchi-Tsuji-do Temple

 

     Noguchi-Tsuji-do Temple was founded by Noguchi Chuzaemon, whose name typically sounds like a farmer, in 1716.  Chuzaemon’s ancestor was Noguchi Hidefusa (?-1629), whose name sounds typically like a samurai.  Hidefusa was a vassal of the Mita Family.  The family was destroyed by the Later Hojo Clan in the 1560’s.  The clan was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) in 1590.  The Toyotomi Clan was destroyed by Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616) in 1615.  The Noguchi Family became farmers sometime in those days, and Hidefusa made a Buddhist memorial tablet of his last lord, Mita Tsunahide, in 1627.

     The Noguchi Family’s contemporary member is Noguchi Kaoru, who sells seeds.  He has compiled a comprehensive family tree of them.  The Mita Family’s contemporary member is a writer with his pen name Mita Danjo.  Danjo, his pen name, was one of popular names among samurai.  He has written a novel about the Mita Family in the Warring States Period.  What the 2 contemporary men have done are helpful for me, but isn't it delicate to be obsessed with their own family histories?

     Chuzaemon’s wife copied Chapter 25 of Lotus Sutra, which is known as the Avalokitesvara Sutra, from 1721 and 1731, and presented them to Noguchi-Tsuji-do Temple in 1743.

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