Virtual Musashi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #19 Fumon-ji Temple

 

     Fumon-ji Temple was founded in Kizone Village, Musashi Province, sometime between 1558 and 1569 by Priest Daiun (?-1598), supported by Seigen (?-1608).

     In 1568, Takeda Shingen invaded Suruga Province, and then invaded Musashi Province the next year.  Fumon-ji Temple was founded in a time when people fought battle after battle.  In 1571, the lord of Sagami and Musashi Provinces, Hojo Ujiyasu (1515-1571) died.

     Kizone was one of the place names which contained "sone" in themselves, although "sone" pronounced "zone" due to euphony in the Japanese language.  "Sone" meant a natural levee, so the village must have been built on one of natural levees along the Old Tone River.  

     After the river system improvement of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Tone River ran east directly to the Pacific Ocean, and the Old Tone River became the Naka River in the area of the Musashi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.  In 1984, the Naka River was further improved to control its floods, and Fumon-ji Temple moved to its present place when Giketsu was its 27th priest.

Address: 440 Minamikawasaki, Yashio, Saitama 340-0814

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