Virtual Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage (the South) #28 Senju-in Temple

 

     It is unknown when Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja was enshrined in Hatogaya Village, Adachi County, Musashi Province.  The village became a station along the Nikko Onari Kaido, or the Nikko Shogun's Highway, at the beginning of the Edo Period (1603-1867).  The Kannon-do Hall with the Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja image was the oldest and only temple in the station.

     Hatogaya-Sengen-sha Shrine was founded in 1556 , enshrining Konohanasakuya-hime.  The Hosho-ji Temple's 4th priest, Sotan (?-1567), changed the Kannon-do hall in Hatogaya Station into a Buddhist temple and named it Senju-in, namely Thousand Arms Temple.  Senju-in Temple was officially registered as a Buddhist temple in 1650.

     After World War II, the Hatogaya area was urbanized and the Kannon-do hall site became a 8-storied apartment house, and the Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja image was moved to Senju-in Temple in 1970.  Hatogaya-Sengen-sha Shrine was, on the other hand, merged to Hatogaya-Hikawa Shrine after the Meiji Restoration, but was revived by Senju-in Temple in 1978.  

     The Wamyo Ruijusho, Japanese Names for Things Classified and Annotated, which was compiled by Minamoto Shitago (911–983) in 938, recorded the place name Hatto Village in Adachi County, Musashi Province.  As Ya meant a valley, Hatogaya might have been Hatto's Valley, or a valley in Hatto Village.  In the Kamakura Period (1184-1333), the place name Hatogaya Village was recorded.

     Everything flows, including Konohanasakuya-hime, Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja, and the place name.

Address: 2 Chome-15-5 Sakashitacho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 334-0003

Phone: 048-281-0066

The Kannon-do Hall Site

Address: 3 Chome-2-20 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012

Hosho-ji Temple

Address: 1 Chome-11-51 Sakuracho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 334-0001

Phone: 048-283-1281

Hatogaya-Sengen-sha Shrine

Address: 2 Chome-14-21 Sakashitacho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 334-0003