Virtual Old Kasai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #4 Nanzo-in Temple

 

     Nanzo-in Temple was founded by Priest Rinno (?-1348) where Ariwara Narihira (825-880) had lived.  As the priest was recorded to have died in the 4th Year of Teiwa, the founder must have belonged to the Northern Court.

     Narihira was supposed to have been a protagonist of the Tales of Ise, a love story.  Rinno might have been an avid reader of the tales.  Emperor Go-Daigo (1288-1339), the leader of the Southern Court, had passed away, and the Northern Court, or the Ashikaga Shogunate, was establishing a firm footing.  The battles caused by the Southern Court seemed to be just guerrilla fighting.  Rinno could have been able to indulge in fantasy.

     Nanzo-in Temple  moved to Nakanogo-Hakkencho in 1698.  After the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, it moved its present place.

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