Virtual Shinobu Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #7 Hozo-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Semui-ji Temple was founded in Ikegami Village, Sakitama County, Musashi Province.  Its temple bell was cast in 1309, and was later presented (?) to Oshi Castle to be used as a warning bell for battles.  By the time when Mamiya Kotonobu (1777-1841) compiled the New Topography and Chronology of Musashi Province at the beginning of the 19th century, Semui-ji was renamed Fumon-ji.  Anyway, the temple was abolished presumably after the Meiji Restoration, and its Kannon-do Hall was moved to its present place in front of Kasuga Shrine.  The temple might have been its shrine temple.

     The hall is maintained by Hozo-ji Temple, which had been founded by Priest Nichiei (?-1621) presumably after Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to the Kanto Region in 1590.

Address: 5908-1 Mochida, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0056

Phone: 048-556-0798

Kasuga Shrine

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