Virtual Old Kasai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #17 Renge-ji Temple

     Hojo Yorimori (1244-1296) was said to have brought a self-portrait of Kukai (774-835) to Terashima Village, Katsushika County, Shimousa Province, and founded Renge-ji Temple there.

     When the 4th Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, Hojo Tsunetoki (1224-1246), died at the age of 23, his sons, Takamasa (1241-1263) and Yorimori were no more than infants, so Tsunetoki's brother, Tokiyori (1227-1263) became the 5th Regent.  Both Takamasa and Yorimori became monks.  Tokiyori founded Renge-ji Temple in 1246 to pray for the comfort of Tsunetoki in the other world.  As Renge-ji was renamed Komyo-ji in 1256, Yorimori, who was called Raijo at the time, founded another Renge-ji Temple in Terashima Village in the 1250's.

     In 1281, Raijo returned to Kamakura.  In 1283, he became the 10th Buddhist Manager of Tsurugaoka-Hachiman-gu Shrine.  In 1292, he became the manager priest of Todai-ji Temple.

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