Virtual Old Kasai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #32 Joshin-ji Temple

 

     Priest Futsu (?-1628) changed Hoto-an Hermitage into Joshin-ji Temple in 1615.

     Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579-1638), a nobleman in Kyoto, was trusted by Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596-1680), and became a contact person between the Imperial Court in Kyoto and the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo.  He frequently visited Edo.  In 1603, when he performed falconry, he visited Hoto-an and listened to Futsu.  Mitsuhiro admired and respected the priest so much that he presented a red temple gate and let the temple use his family crest: chrysanthemum flower.

     It is unknown when Hoto-an Hermitage was built.

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