Virtual Old Kasai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #6 Hossho-ji Temple

     Hossho-ji Temple was founded in 1492 by Monk Nichizui in the area where Ariwara Narihira (825-880) lived for a while.

     The Chokyo War was fought in the Kanto Region from 1487 to 1505 between the Yamanouchi-Uesugi and Ogigayatsu-Uesugi Families.  The war caused the Uesugi Clan to decline and left the region further in confusion.  In 1491. Ashikaga Masatomo (1435-1491), Horikoshi Kanto Deputy Shogun, died of a disease in Izu Province.  The dispute over the succession of the Horikoshi Kanto Deputy Shogun attracted Ise Shinkuro (1432-1519), who wanted to become a warring-states-period hero, to the province.

     Nichizui founded the temple in the midst of the confusion.

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