Virtual Old Kasai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #3 Enmei-ji Temple

     Priest Genkei (?-1352), who was from Omi Province, built Shinju-an Hermitage as a shrine temple of Mimeguri Shrine, literally Thrice Revolving Shrine, in the 1350's, in the middle of the Kanno Disturbance, which lasted from October 26, 1350, to February 26, 1352.  Genkei dug out a statue of an old man riding on a white fox, and saw a real white fox appeared and walked around the statue thrice.

     On August 4, 1351, Ashikaga Naoyoshi (1307-1352) escaped from Kyoto to Kamakura.  On November 4, Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358) left Kyoto and got to Suruga Province on December 3 to fight against his brother, Naoyoshi, as a part of the Kanno Disturbance.  It is unknown whether Genkei followed Naoyoshi or Takauji.  Or did he moved to an easter province independently?

     Later, Shinju-an was renamed Enmei-ji.

     Under the ruling of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the original precincts was requisitioned by the Mito Domain, whose lord was one of the 3 major branches of the Tokugawa Clan, and the temple moved to Koume Village in 1693.  After the 1293 Great Kanto Earthquake, it moved to its present place in 1927.

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