Virtual Musashi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #3 Fumon-in Temple

 

     It is unknown when Fumon-in Temple, which enshrines an eleven-faced Ekadasamukha, was founded.

     The Musashi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #1 Enmei-ji Temple was founded at the turn of  the 14th century.  As the area was developed, the population increased, and Seki Village was formed.  Fumon-in Temple seems to have been founded in the village as their family temple under Enmei-ji Temple with a Katori Shrine in its precincts as their village shrine.

     "Seki" means a checkpoint.  The Kanto Region has 45 place names with "seki" in them.  There could have been a checkpoint in the village between the Edo Bay and the inland waterways.

Address: 34 Seki, Yoshikawa, Saitama 342-0053

Phone: 048-982-0605