Virtual Mogami 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #15 Kannon-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Kannon-ji Temple was founded in Terayama Hamlet, Shibahashi Village, Murayama County, Ideha Province.  The 15th priest, Entsu, moved the temple about 300 meters south-south-east to its present place in 1802.

     Legend has it that Ono Yoshizane was a county governor in Ideha Province.  He had a daughter who was a gifted poet.  After her success in a highly competitive literary market in Kyoto, she came back home and enshrined her guardian Buddhist image nearby.  Her nickname was Komachi.  That was the foundation of Kannon-ji Temple.

     Oe Mototaka (?-1322) moved from Kamkura to Sagae Manor in 1285.  His first son, Motomasa (?-1359), inherited the manor.  Motomasa's younger brother, Naoyuki, lived in Shibahashi, built Shibahashi Fort, and called his family Shibahashi.  He is said to have been killed in battle.  His son, Tokishi, inherited the fort, but was killed or killed himself in the Battle of Urushigawa in 1368.  After his death, probably for luck, the family called themselves Hashima Family.

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