Virtual Okitama 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #5 Kannon-ji Temple

 

     Kunomoto Village was located on the side of the Nonogawa River's alluvial fan.  The village was first documented on October 2nd, 1469, when Date Shigemune (1435-1487) exempted the Omachi Family from certain taxes.

     In 1553, Date Harumune (1519-1578) registered the lands of Yume Shikibu, Hamada Yoshiro, Omachi Shichiro, Odaka Jirozaemon, Katakura Igamokami, Hamada Bizen, Otsu Shioji, Otsu Genzo's daughter, Agatsuma Bitchu, Higuchi Juroemon, and Umezu Kanbesuke.

     Generations later, Umezu Kan'emon discovered an Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha statue in the remains of a fire, and founded Kannon-ji Temple in 1668 to enshrine the statue.

Address: 2047 Kunomoto, Nagai, Yamagata 993-0041

Phone: 0238-84-7171