Virtual Tama Aqueduct Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #11 Koden-ji Temple

 

     Koden-ji Temple was founded by Priest Hoa in Kitami Village in 1484.

     The Kyotoku War lasted for 28 years from 1454 to 1482.  During the war, Ashikaga Shigeuji (1438-1497), the Kanto Deputy Shogun, relinquished Kamakura and moved to Koga in 1457.  In 1458, the Muromachi Shogunate sent out another deputy shogun, Ashikaga Masatomo (1435-1491), from Kyoto for Kamakura, but he couldn’t enter Kamakura and stayed in Horikoshi, Izu Province.  From then on, there were Koga Kanto Deputy Shogun and Horikoshi Kanto Deputy Shogun in the Kanto Region.  The war brought the Kanto Region into the Warring States Period.  In other words, Koden-ji Temple was founded at the beginning of the time when samurai fought battle after battle.

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