Virtual Shinobu Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #6 Kannon-ji Temple

 

     It seems there are 2 addresses for Kannon-ji Temples in Mochida; one is 2561 Mochida, and the other is in 5631 Mochida.  It is unknown when the temple was founded.  Whichever address is correct, the temple used to be the shrine temple of Hachiman Shrine.  When Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199) visited Iwashimizu-Hachiman Shrine, Oshi Saburo of Mochida Village followed him.  When Saburo returned to the village in Sakitama County, Musashi Province, he invited the shrine to the village.  The Oshi Family's residence is said to have become Henjo-in Temple.

     The Oshi Family was destroyed by the Narita Family in 1478.  The Kyotoku War lasted for 28 years from 1454 to 1482.  During the war, Ashikaga Shigeuji (1438-1497), the Kanto Deputy Shogun in Kamakura, relinquished Kamakura and moved to Koga in 1457.  In 1458, the Muromachi Shogunate sent out another deputy shogun, Ashikaga Masatomo (1435-1491), from Kyoto for Kamakura, but he couldn’t enter Kamakura and stayed in Horikoshi, Izu Province.  From then on, there were a Koga Kanto Deputy Shogun and a Horikoshi Kanto Deputy Shogun in the Kanto Region.  The Oshi Family wasn't able to survive the war.

Address: 2561 Mochida, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0056

Phone: 048-559-4714

Hachiman Shrine

Address: 5774 Mochida, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0056

Henjo-in Temple

Address: 1 Chome-4-18 Komagata, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0055

Phone: 048-553-2361