Okitama 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

 

     Okitama 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized by O-Sen (1557-1637), the wife of Naoe Kanetsugu (1560-1619).  Kanetsugu was the consul under Uesugi Kagekatsu (1555-1623), who was one of the great rivals against Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), who united the whole of Japan under his dictatorship after the Warring States Period.  That means O-Sen had witnessed countless deaths.

     Okitama 33 Kannon Pilgrimage consists of Dewa 100 Kannon Pilgrimage.  I should keep virtually moving on to make it 100.