Virtual Tama Aqueduct Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #33 Enjo-in Temple

 

      In 1590, the Later Hojo Clan collapsed, and one of their vassals, Kira Ujitomo (1543-1603), escaped to Oyumi, Chiba County, Shimousa Province.  7 of Ujitomo's vassals (2 Saita Families, Shimizu, Akimoto, Yanashita, Yamada, and Oba Families) became farmers and developed Daita Village.  Later, they founded Enjo-in Temple as their family temple in the village.  When Takeo Toshiharu was appointed to be a ruler of the village, there already was the temple.

     Tama Aqueduct was completed in June, 1654.  In 1670, the aqueduct was expanded, and it started providing irrigation water.  Merchants invested in cultivating rice fields around Daita Village, the farmers sued the merchants for their unauthorized development.  Monk Shohoin sided with the merchants.  In 1674, the shogunate put what the merchants had developed under the shogunate's direct control.  In other words, the merchants' development was authorized.  The conflict between the farmers and the merchants continued.  Farmers versus merchants with corrupted samurai was one of the most popular stories in the Edo Period.

     Enjo-in Temple had a Kannon-do Hall with an eleven-faced Ekadasamukha statue, but the hall was burned down in the air raids on March 11th, 1945.

Address: 2 Chome-17-3 Daita, Setagaya City, Tokyo 155-0033

Phone: 03-3414-4584