Virtual Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage (the South) #31 Kizoro-Kannon-do Hall

 

     Hikawa Shrine was founded in Kizoro Village, Adachi County, Musashi Province, in 1396.

     In 1379, infighting within the central shogunate broke out.  Ashikaga Ujimitsu (1359-1398), the 2nd Kanto Deputy Shogun, had an ambition to become a central shogun and tried to advance to Kyoto.  Uesugi Noriharu (?-1379), the Regent of the Kanto Deputy Shogunate, tried to persuade him not to, and finally killed himself to stop Ujimitsu on March 7th.  Ujimitsu still appointed Noriharu's brother, Norimasa (1335-1394), as the general of the Kanto Deputy Shogunate Army on March 21st.  Norimasa left Kamakura but stopped in Izu Province.  Ujimitsu finally gave up his ambition for the time being.  Norimasa became the next Regent on April 15th, and returned to Kamakura on the 28th of the same month.  The relationship between the deputy shogun and the regent became delicate.  Kizoro Village might have been developed in those days.  The developers could have come from those where Hikawa Shrine had been already enshrined.

     In 1722, Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha was enshrined in Kizoro-Hikawa Shrine as its original Buddhist deity.  As the Meiji Restoration Government issued the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868, the Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha was removed from Kizoro-Hikawa Shrine, and a hall was built for the image about 300 meters east-north-east in 1897.

     In 1913, Mokuzoro-Hikawa Shrine was renamed Asahi Shrine.

Address: 269 Kizoro, Kawaguchi, Saitama 333-0831

Asahi Shrine

Address: 193 Kizoro, Kawaguchi, Saitama 333-0831

Phone: 048-284-3838