Virtual Old Kasai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #10 Kofuku-ji Temple

     Kofuku-ji Temple was founded by Monk Kaisei at Komatsugawa Village in 1532.

     In the 1520's,  Hojo Ujitsuna (1487-1541) occupied most of Musashi Provinces castle by castle.  In January, 1524, he occupied Edo Castle, and on February 2nd he seized Iwatsuki Castle along the border between Musashi and Shimousa Provinces.  However, the castle was recaptured in 1530 by Uesugi Tomooki (1488-1537).  Tomooki had been adopted by the head of the Ogigayatsu-Uesugi Family, Tomoyoshi (1473-1518), and was supposed to be a stopgap between Tomoyoshi and his son, Fujiomaru (1518-1532).  Tomooki, however, killed Fujiomaru and had his son, Tomosada (1525-1546), succeed to the head of the family.

     It is totally unknown, why Kaisei became a monk, why, he built a temple, and which side Komatsugawa Village belonged to at the time.

     The temple was revived by Priest Yusho (?-1654), who had the temple belong to the Shingon Sect.

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