Virtual Tama Aqueduct Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #23 Shoo-ji Temple

 

     Shoo-ji Temple was founded by Iitaka Sadamasa (1529-1612), who invited Priest Kaiyo (?-1637).  Sadamasa was first subject to Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519-1560), who was the lord of Suruga Province and who also ruled Totomi and Mikawa Provinces.  9 years after Yoshimoto was killed by Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), Yoshimoto's son, Ujizane (1538-1615), was expelled from Suruga Province.

     After the collapse of the Imagawa Clan, Sadamasa retired from fighting and retreated to Numazu, Suruga Province.  After Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616) moved to Edo in 1590, Sadamasa was hired by Ieyasu and was given Sengawa Village.  His body was buried in Shoo-ji Temple.

The Musashino Plateau was further developed, and Kitano Village was formed in the north of Sengawa Village.  As Kitano Village merged into Mitaka Village in 1889, some supporters of Shoo-ji Temple live in Mitaka City, not in Chofu City.

Address: 3 Chome−7−1 Sengawacho, Chofu, Tokyo 182-0002

Phone: 03-3300-2860