Virtual Akigawa 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #2 Kogon-ji Temple

 

     Keiun-ji Temple was founded by Roben (689-774) in Tokura.  More than half a century passed and the temple declined.  Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358), the founder of the Ashikaga Shogunate (1336-1573), repaired the inner sanctuary of Keiun-ji Temple in 1334.  During the North and South Courts Period (1336-1392), his son, Motouji (1340-1367), who became the first Kanto Deputy Shogun, sheltered Prince Iyahito (1338-1374), who later became Emperor Go-Kogon in 1352.  The temple was renamed Kogon-ji after the emperor.

     The temple is located at the foot of Tokura Fortress Site.

     Kogon-ji Temple used to have its branch temples: Keiun-ji (338 Tokura), Shin-ko-in (428 Tokura), Myokei-an (370 Tokura), and Chofuku-an (326 Tokura).  Kogon-ji Temple merged all the branch temples in 1873, 5 years after the Meiji Restoration. 

Address: 328 Tokura, Akiruno, Tokyo 190-0173

Phone: 042-596-0363