Virtual Tama Aqueduct Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #31 Daikichi-ji Temple

 

     A Daikichi-ji Temple was founded along the mountain ridge of Mt. Tenkichi in Azai Village, Omi Province, in 865.  When Minamoto Yoshitomo (1123-1160) was defeated by Taira Kiyomori (1118-1181) in the Heiji Rebellion in 1160, Yoshitomo's son, Yoritomo (1147-1199), got separated from Yoshitomo and took refuge in the temple.  After he established the Kamakura Shogunate in 1185, Yoritomo contributed enough land for the temple to thrive.  In the Warring States Period (1467-1568), the temple was burned by Rokkaku Sadayari (1495-1552) when he attacked Azai Hisamasa (1526-1573), and was burned down by Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) when he destroyed the Azai Family in 1573.

     It is unknown when another Daikichi-ji Temple was founded in Ebara County, Musashi Province.  The temple has the grave of Ise Sadatake (1718-1784) as well as his portrait.

     When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) was the third Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate, he ordered the Ise Family to compile and arrange the manners and etiquette of samurai in the shogunate palace, with the Ogasawara Family assigned the manners and etiquette of shooting arrows and riding horses outside the palace, and the Kira Family the manners and etiquette to write letters and draw pictures.

     After Ise Sadatsugu (1309-1391), coaching the manners and etiquette became the family's hereditary job.  In the Warring States Period, they survived by selling manners and etiquette to warlords.

     Ise Sadatame (1559-1609) first worked for the Ashikaga Shogunate.  After it was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga, (1534-1582), he was hired by Nobunaga.  In 1581, he retired.  Ise Sadahira (1605-1689) was said to have worked for Toyotomi Hideyori (1593-1615), but that was impossible.  It means his lineage with Sadahira and his career were doubtful and suspicious.  Anyway, he was hired by Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604-1651), the third Shogun, on March 28, 1637.  Sadatake is said to have been Sadahira's great grandchild.

     A stone was presented from Daikichi-ji Temple in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, to Setagaya City, Tokyo Prefecture, in 1998.

     Sadahira belonged to the Ise Family, and he might have moved to the Kanto Region, counting on the Kira Family in Setagaya.  He might have made a use of a Daikichi-ji Temple there, knowing the Tokugawa Shogunate loved the Minamoto-Clan-related things, or founded another Daikichi-ji Temple in Setagaya, pretending his family had had something to do with the Daikichi-ji Temple in Omi for the same reason.

     The Ise Family's efforts by fair means or foul made it possible to hand down samurai manners and etiquette for over 6 centuries.

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