Virtual Sayama 33 Kannon Pilgrimag #22 Kissho-in Temple

 

     Choen-ji Temple was founded in Nakato Village, Tama County, Musashi Province, in 1568, when Musashi and Sagami Provinces were ruled by the Later Hojo Clan relatively stably and steadily although the clan was surrounded by enemies on all sides with the Uesugi Clan in the north, the Satake Clan in the north-east, the Satomi Clan in the east across the Edo Bay, the Takeda Clan in the west, and the Imagawa Clan in the west-south.  As Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519-1560), the warlord in Suruga and Totomi Provinces, was killed by Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), Hojo Ujimasa (1538-1590) invaded Suruga Province in 1598.  The power balance lasted just for a generation.

     The third priest of Choen-ji Temple, Donko (?-1699), founded Kissho-in Hermitage as a retreat at the beginning of the Tokugawa Era.

Address: 4 Chome-34 Honmachi, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0004

Choen-ji Temple

Address: 3 Chome-40-1 Honmachi, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0004