Virtual Old Kasai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #31 Shinsei-ji Temple

 

     Shinsei-ji Temple was founded in 1631 by Priest Shingan, who was from Iga Province, at Jumokudai, Yushima, Edo.  It became the family temple of Mitsui Takatoshi (1622-1694), whose descendants later established the Mitsui Financial Conglomerate.

     The precincts were requisitioned by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1683, and the temple moved to Yanaka.  The expansion of Kan'ei-ji Temple forced Shinsei-ji Temple to move to Honjo.  In 1922, it moved to its present place to avoid smoke, soot, and inundation

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