Virtual Buso 48 Kannon Pilgrimage #12 Hosei-ji Temple

 

     There used to be Hosei-an Hermitage.  Inoue Yorihide changed it to Hosei-ji Temple in 1590 and invited Priest Shokan (?-1595) to the temple.

     Yorihide first worked and fought for Oishi Sadahisa (1491-1549).  Sadahisa took Hojo Ujiteru into his family, and the Oishi Family had been half taken over by the Later Hojo Clan.  So, Yorihide worked and fought for the Later Hojo Clan.

     Hojo Ujiteru (1542-1590) was the lord of Hachioji Castle.  When Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) seized Odawara Castle, Ujiteru was in the castle.  Hachioji Castle was seized by Maeda Toshiie (1539-1599) and Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556-1623). When Hachioji Castle fell, nearly 3,000 people, including women and children, committed mass suicide.  Presumably, Yorihide survived and built a temple to pray for the comfort of those who were killed in the battle.

Address: 547 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0355

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