Virtual Tama Aqueduct Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #5 Enju-in Temple

     Enju-in Temple was founded by Priest Myozen in 1221. 

     Myozen actually established the Bishamondo Sect, which had the teaching of the attainment of Buddhahood by trees and plants.

     Kitami Shigetomo supported the revival of the temple in 1615.

     Edo Katsutada (1568-1628) was the 23rd head of the family, which had branched out from the Chichibu Clan.  When Ota Sukenaga (1432-1486) built Edo Castle, the family moved to Kitami Village.  Katsutada was first subject to the Koga Kanto Deputy Shogun.  After the collapse of the Kanto Deputy Shogunate in 1583, he became subject to the Later Hojo Clan.  After the clan was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598), he became a vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616).  As Ieyasu started the Tokugawa Shogunate, based in Edo Castle, Katsutada changed his family name from Edo to Kitami.  Katsutada was succeeded by his second son, Shigetsune (?-1679).

     As we can't find Shigetomo in the family tree of the head family, he must have belonged to its branch family.

The Edo or Kitami Family's family temple was Keigen-ji Temple.

Address: 1 Chome-6 Komaimachi, Komae, Tokyo 201-0016

Bishamon-do Temple

Address: 18 Anshuinariyamacho, Yamashina Ward, Kyoto, 607-8003

Phone: 075-581-0328

Keigen-ji Temple

Address: 4 Chome-17-1 Kitami, Setagaya City, Tokyo 157-0067

Phone: 03-3416-1221