Virtual Old Kasai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #27 Seiko-ji Temple

     Seiko-ji Temple was founded by Priest Shun'no at Honjo, Katsushika County, Shimousa Province, in 1471.

     In 1454, the Kyotoku War broke out, and lasted for 28 years till 1482.  During the war, Ashikaga Shigeuji (1438-1497), the Kanto Deputy Shogun, relinquished Kamakura and moved to Koga in 1457.  In 1458, the Muromachi Shogunate in Kyoto sent out another Kanto Deputy Shogun, Ashikaga Masatomo (1435-1491), from Kyoto to Kamakura, but he couldn’t enter Kamakura and stayed in Horikoshi, Izu Province.  From then on, there were a Koga Kanto Deputy Shogun and a Horikoshi Kanto Deputy Shogun in the Kanto Region.  In 1467, the Onin War broke out in Kyoto and lasted till 1477.  The central shogunate in Kyoto wasn't able to afford to intervene in the power struggles in the Kanto Region.  It didn't ease the tensions in the region, but rather throw the whole country into the Warring States Period.

     Seiko-ji Temple was founded when the feeling of war was creeping to everyone.

     In the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, the temple burned down.  In 1928, it  moved to its present place in Chiba Prefecture.

Address: 488 Matsudo, Chiba 271-0092

Phone: 047-362-5420