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Friday, July 07, 2023

Virtual Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #1 Chisoku-in Temple

 

     Chisoku-in Temple was founded sometime between 1288 and 1293.  As Kamihideya-Hikawa Shrine, whose shrine temple was Chisoku-in, is supposed to have been founded in the same period, the surrounding area might have been developed in those days.

     The temple was revived sometime between 1573 and 1592 by Takeda Harunobu (1521-1573).  That means it declined or burned down in the Warring States Period.  It might have been destroyed again, and was revived again by priest Joten (1662-1748), when the society became stable and even peasants came to have leisure time.  Traveling became popular, and pilgrimages to shrines and temples enabled them to be pardoned for crossing boundaries between feudal territories.  It was a modest desire of the common people at that time to make a pilgrimage to sacred sites such as Ise Shrine and the temples which enshrined Avalokitesvara in Saigoku, Bando, and Chichibu.  Joten could have established the Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage for those who couldn't travel a long distance.

     The precincts have Kannon-do Hall which enshrines Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha.


Address: 3 Chome−15−2 Shimohideyanishi, Okegawa, Saitama 363-0028


Kamihideya-Hikawa Shrine

Address: 13 Kamihideya, Okegawa, Saitama 363-0020

Phone: 048-787-0821


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