Virtual Ueno Oji Komagome 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #4 Shoju-in Temple

     Shoju-in Temple was founded in the 1550's by Monk Gakusen (?-1557), who had trained the secret method of realizing that Acalanatha was himself.  One night, he received a divine message to visit Takinogawa, Toshima County, Musashi Province.  After his arrival, there was a flood, which left an Acalanatha statue.

     At the beginning of the 1550's, Hojo Ujiyasu (1515-1571) cornered Uesugi Norimase (1523-1579), the Regent of the Kanto Deputy Shogunate.  In 1522, Norimasa went into exile in Echigo Province, counting on Nagao Kagetora (15301578).  In 1554, Ujiyasu confined Ashikaga Haruuji (1508-1560), the 4th Koga Kanto Deputy Shogun.  In 1557, Ujiyasu requested Ashikaga Yoshiuji (1541-1583), the 5th Koga Kanto Deputy Shogun, to send reinforcements to help the Utsunomiya Family.  In short, the Later Hojo Clan gained hegemony in the Kanto Region in the 1550's.

     Gakusen might have been attracted by the fame and reputation of the offspring of Ise Shinkuro (?-1519), who went over from Kyoto to the Kanto Region to become a warring-states-period hero and who founded the Later Hojo Clan.

     The precincts have a Kannon-do Hall, and its Avalokitesvara statue was said to be the copy of the statue of Cintamanicakra, who usually has 6 arms and holds chintamani (a wish-fulfilling jewel) in one of the six, of the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #4 Ishiyama-dera Temple.

Address: 2 Chome−49−5 Takinogawa, Kita Ward, Tokyo 114-0023

Phone: 03-3910-1778