Virtual Hiki Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #32 Yatsu-do Temple

 

     In 534, Kasahara Omi and his cousin, Kasahara Oki, competing for the hegemony in Musashi Province.  Omi was afraid that Oki would kill him with help from Oguma in Kozuke Province.  Omi flew to the central capital, and asked the central government for help.  The government destroyed Oki.  Omi offered 4 manors: Yokonu, Tachibana, Tama, and Kurasu Manors in Musashi Province.

     The Royal Family dispatched the Mibukishi Family from Namba in Settsu Province to Yokonu Manor in 607.  They enshrined Hayatama and Awasu Goddesses.  As they developed the surrounding area, they founded 7 Awasu Shrines in newly developed lands.  Yamata-Awasu Shrine was founded in 1395 in Yamata, where water supply was poor and they had to collect rainwater in ponds.

     Presumably, Yatsu-do Temple was founded after 1395.  Smallpox spread in the year before.

Address: 1526 Yamata, Namegawa, Hiki District, Saitama 355-0802