Virtual Buso 48 Kannon Pilgrimage #41 Eirin-ji Temple

 

     Oishi Sadahisa (1491-1549) used to be based in Yugi Castle.  When he moved to Takigawa Castle, he handed the site over to his uncle, Priest Chojun, and let him found Eirin-ji Temple in 1532.  By 1546, all of the temple buildings were completed with the aid of Hojo Ujiteru (1542-1590), to whom Sadahisa’s daughter, Hisa (?-1590), was married.  The temple was approved as a Royal temple by Emperor Go-Yozei (1571-1617) in 1532.

     On August 7th, 1825, the 8th-generation descendants of Oishi Sadahisa built a stone monument. They were Katano Yoshinori, Katano Yoshiaki, Katano Yoshitatsu, Katano Yoshitada, and Nomura Katsufusa. It is unknonw why no one inherited the family name Oishi.

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