Virtual Shimokita 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #13Toden-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Toden-ji Temple was founded in Ikokuma Village.

     Ikokuma and Metaki Rivers' mouths form a small plain.  The plain was ruled by Kitagawa Totsuroken, who was subject to Kakizaki Nobusumi, when the Kakizaki Family was ousted by the Nanbu Family in 1457.

     The Khitan people's name Turburur was documented in Chinese characters, which are pronounced Tulubu in Chinese and Totsurohu in Japanese.  Totsuroken, which is pronounced Tuluxian in Chinese, sounds somewhat like Kitan.  Northern foreigners could have had various origins.

     Ikokuma Village was first documented in 1647.

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