Virtual Tama Aqueduct Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #15 Kosho-ji Temple

     Shibasaki Village in Tama County, Musashi Province, had its cemetery with a hut for a grave keeper, which was called Shibasaki-in.  The graveyard had old itabi dated 1261, 1343, 1360 and 1368.  Samurai in those days preferred itabi.

     Hojo Nagatoki (1230-1264) was the 6th Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333) from 1256 to 1264.  The shogunate was destroyed and the battles of the Northern and Southern Courts Period (1336-1392) divided Japan into 2.  Shibasaki Village belonged to the Northern Court.

     Shibasaki Shrine used to have its shrine temple, Sangai-ji Temple, which belonged to the Haguro Asceticism, which believed that Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, appeared in Japan as their god.  Sangai-ji Temple fell into ruin and Priest Jutetsu moved its main deity to the hut, changed it to a Pure-Land-Buddhism temple, and renamed it Kosho-ji.

Address: 1 Chome-38-2 Shibasaki, Chofu, Tokyo 182-0014

Phone: 042-482-1729

Shibasaki-Inari Shrine

Address: 2 Chome−11−4 Shibasaki, Chofu, Tokyo 182-0014