Virtual Gyotoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #20 Seigan-ji Temple

 

     In the middle of the 16th century, Takagi Taneyoshi (1501-1565) moved his base from Negiuchi Castle to Kogane Castle, which commanded Edo, Naka, and Ara Rivers.  Accordingly, Taneyoshi controlled the inland waterway between Edo Bay and the northern part of the Kanto Region.  Taneyoshi also owned Gyotoku Saltern, the largest saltworks in the Kanto Region.  Under the Takagi Family, Gyotoku’s salt industry grew, but, even at the beginning of the 17th century, the Isejuku area was still wild and barren.  Only apparitions roamed around.  Priest Chuzan (?-1671) was concerned about the situation, and founded Seigan-ji Temple in 1610, when Gyotoku was already under the Tokugawa Clan.  Chuzan died in Seigan-ji Temple at the age of 97.

     On August 25, 1856, a big typhoon hit the Kanto Region with the death toll of 100,000.  The flood washed away the documents the temple had kept.

Address: 4-8 Isejuku, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-0106

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