Virtual Akigawa 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #16 Kezo-in Temple

 

     Kezo-in Temple was founded by Priest Riei in Hananooka Hamlet, Kusabana Village, Tama County, Musashi Province, in 1264.

     In 1256, Hojo Tokiyori (1227-1263), the 5th Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, caught dysentery.  In 1260, Prince Munetaka (1242-1274), the 6th Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate, also became infected with dysentery.  In 1264, Hojo Nagatoki (1230-1264), the 6th Regent, died of the disease.

     Kezo-in Temple was revived by Priest Seiman (?-1661), and was moved to its present place after Mamiya Kotonobu (1777-1841) compiled the New Topography and Chronology of Musashi Province in 1830 and before the Tokugawa Shogunate collapsed in 1867.  The temple's facilities were offered for Kezoin Branch School of Kaimei School from 1883 to 1891.

Address: 1740 Kusabana, Akiruno, Tokyo 197-0802

Phone: 042-559-3805

Hananooka Bus Stop

Address: Kusabana, Akiruno, Tokyo 197-0802