Virtual Old Mutsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #5 Shima-no-do Hall

 

     It is unknown when Kosen-ji Temple was founded in Shiwa County, Mutsu Province.

     Shiwa Fortress was built in Mutsu Province in 803.  In 811, Shiwa, Waga, and Hinue Counties were organized.  Military rule was imposed in the counties, which were along the northernmost frontline of the Imperial Army.  Kosen-ji Temple might have been founded sometime between 803 and 811, when the Old Mutsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized.

     It was in the 10th century that Iwate County was organized in the north of the 3 counties.

     It is also unknown when Kosen-ji Temple was abolished with its Kannon-do Hall left as Shima-no-do Hall.  The temple also seems to have left Minamihizume 1303 Memorial Tower and Goronuma Sutra Mound Ruins.

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Minamihizume 1303 Memorial Tower

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Goronuma Sutra Mound Ruins

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