Virtual Edo Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #15 Komyo-ji Temple

 

     Shin-Komyo-ji Temple was founded by Priest Ban’o (?-1635) as a retreat for the priests of Komyo-ji Temple in Kamakura.  The 1657 Meireki Great Fire burned 60-70 percent of Edo and killed 30-100 thousand people.  The temple burned down in the fire, was revived by Priest Tenga (?-1665), and was renamed just Komyo-ji.  The Kanto Great Earthquake broke out in 1923, and the temple was merged with Saiko-ji Temple, which used to be located at 6-1 Higashi-Ueno, in 1926.  

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