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Virtual Old Tsugaru 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #3 Chosho-ji Temple

 

     Chosho-ji Temple was founded in 1528 by Oura Morinobu (1483-1538) in Tanezato (today’s Ajigasawa, Nishitsugaru District, Aomori) to pray for the comfort of his late adoptive father, Mitsunobu (1460-1526), in the other world.

     As the family's base was relocated, the temple was moved to Oura (today’s Godai, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture), where his fortress was located, then to Horikoshi (today’s Horikoshi,  Hirosaki) and then to its present place in 1611.

Address: 1 Chome−23−8 Nishishigemori, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8273

Phone: 0172-32-0813

Monument of Oura Castle Site

Address: Waseda Godai, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-1331

Horikoshi Castle Ruins

Address: Kashiwada Horikoshi, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8112

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Virtual Old Tsugaru 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #2 Seigan-ji Temple

 

     Seigan-ji Temple was first founded in Daikoji, Hirakawa, Aomori 036-0101, in 1596.

     Daikoji Village was first documented in 1334, when the Soga Family ruled the village.  In 1359, the village became under the rule of the Nanbu Family.  When Hirosaki Castle was built from 1603 to 1611, the temple was moved to its present place.

     In 1574, when Takimoto Shigeyuki ruled Daikoji Village for the Nanbu Family, Oura Tamenobu (1550-1608) attacked the village with a 3000-4000-strong army.  Shigeyuki made a surprise attack on Tamenobu's camp with his 700-strong corps of elite troops and drove Tamenobu away.  On January 1st, 1576, Tamenobu made a surprise attack on Shigeyuki this time and got rid of Shigeyuki from the village.  When they left their fortress, Shigeyuki's wife engraved a tanka poem on a pillar:

For the time being,

We are forced to leave the fortress.

Its pillars should not forget us.

     When the rulers of the village changed a couple of times, who brought the temple to the Hirosaki Castle Town?

Address: 247 Aramachi, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8364

Phone: 0172-34-5532

Daikoji Fortress Site

Address: Sanmurai Daikoji, Hirakawa, Aomori 036-0101

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Virtual Old Tsugaru 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #1 Taigu-ji Temple

 

     A shrine was founded in today's Kodomari, Nakadomari, Kitatsugaru District, Aomori, in 31 B.C by local northern foreigners.  

     Abe Hirafu, the governor of Koshi Province, commanded 180 ships, arrived at the shrine, and invited Gods Ketsumiko, Hayatama, and Musumi from Kumano to the shrine in 658, and Mononobe Yasumaro built its shrine building.  They attacked Mishihase in the same year.  After the attack, he offered the central government 2 alive bears and 70 bear hides.  In 659, he attacked Mishihase and offered the central government 49 captives.  In 660, the central government finally dispatched Abe Hirafu so that he should command 200 ships and attack Mishihase.  He ordered Emishi people in Mutsu Province to board the ships, and got to the southern riverbank of a large river.  At that time, 1,000 Emishi people in Watari-jima were encamped on the other riverbank.  2 of them proceeded and shouted out, “Many of Mishihase’s ships and soldiers are coming.  They are going to kill us.  We’d like to cross the river and work for you.”  Abe sent a ship and asked the two where the enemy was hiding their ships and how many ships they had.  The two pointed at a place and said, “More than 20 ships.”  Abe sent a messenger to the enemy, but they denied coming.  They also refused Abe’s appeasement policies, and held the fortress in Herobe Island.  They were defeated by Abe, and killed their own wives and children on the island.  Abe offered the central government 50 captives.

     Prince Hirakasu moved the shrine to its present place in 788, supported by Emperor Kanmu (737-806).  In 801, the shrine was named Takaoka.  In 804, it was renamed Kumano-Takaoka. 

     Later, Takaoka Shrine was equaled to Kumano Hongu Taisha, and Kumano-gu Shrine in Akanecho, which used to be called Tai-gu Shrine, was equaled to Kumano-Nachi Taisha, and that in Monge Village to Kumano Hayatama Taisha.

     For your information, Kadoke Village was first documented on July 7th, 1341, when the village was given to him.  The Soga Family was from Soga Manor, Ashigara County, Sagami Province.  Morosuke became subject to Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358), the 1st Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate(1336-1573), introduced by Ko Moronao (?-1351).

     It is unknown when Taigu-ji Temple was founded as a shrine temple of Kumano-gu Shrine in Akanecho.

     After the Meiji Restoration Government issued the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868, Taigu-ji Temple was abolished, with its temple name transferred to Muryo-in Kannon-do Hall, which enshrined Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha, in Hoon-ji Temple.

Address: 26 Shinteramachi, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8214

Phone: 0172-33-1382

Kumano-Okuteru Shrine

Address: 4 Chome−1−1 Tamachi, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8054

Phone: 0172-32-7663

Kumano-gu Shrine

Address: 1 Chome−8-1 Akanecho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8279

Kadoke-Kumano-gu Shrine

Address: 2 Chome−12 Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8111

Kumano Hongu Taisha

Address: 1110 Hongucho Hongu, Tanabe, Wakayama 647-1731

Phone: 0735-42-0009

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Address: 1 Shingu, Wakayama 647-0081

Phone: 0735-22-2533

Kumano-Nachi Taisha

Address: 1 Nachisan, Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama 649-5301

Phone: 0735-55-0321

Hoon-ji Temple

Address: 34 Shinteramachi, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8214

Phone: 0172-33-1382

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Old Tsugaru 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

 

The Old Tsugaru 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized as the oldest Kannon pilgrimage in Tsugaru County, Mutsu Province, sometime between 1673 and 1681.  The pilgrimage was active till 1746.  Its member temples are supposed to have been located in the Hirosaki Castle Town, but the pilgrimage’s details are unknown as some member temples have gone.

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Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #33 Hase-Kannon-do Hall

 

     Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage has lost its #14-#32 deities.

     Hase-dera Temple was founded in Sannohe, Nukanobu County, Mutsu Province, either in 1370 or in 1390 by Priest Myoson, who was a brother of Emperor Chokei (1343-1394).  Some believe Myoson named the temple after Hase-dera Temple in Yamato Province.

     When the Sannohe-Nanbu Family moved from Sannohe Castel to Morioka Castle in 1635, Hase-dera Temple followed the family, with its branch, Eko-in, left.  Eko-in Temple enshrines the 166.8-centimeters-tall standing Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha wooden statue, which is supposed to have been carved out of one piece of wood in the 11th century.  The statue is the oldest Buddhist image made in Aomori Prefecture.  

Eko-in Temple

Address: Hase-94-6 Omukai, Nambu, Sannohe District, Aomori 039-0103

Phone: 0179-23-4247

Hase-dera Temple

Address: 731-1 Hase, Sakurai, Nara 633-0112

Phone: 0744-47-7001

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Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #13 Mimachi-Kannon-do Hall

 

     Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage has lost its #7-#12 member temples. 

     Emperor Chokei (1343-1394) was the 98th emperor of Japan and the 3rd emperor of the Southern Court.  He was hawkish among the Southern Court but abdicated the throne to his brother, Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347-1424), who was a soft-liner, in 1383 or 1384.  After the reunification of the Southern and Northern Courts in 1392, Chokei's whereabouts and actions weren't recorded.  Some say Chokei wandered around, counting on the ex-Southern-Court supporters.  Over 70 locations are presumed to be his grave (graves?).

     Nanbu Masamitsu (?-1427) was  the 8th head of the Nejo-Nanbu Family and was an active supporter of the Southern Court.  He advanced to Kai Province but retired to Hachinohe in 1393 after the reunification of the Southern and Northern Courts in 1392.  Some believe Masamitsu invited Chokei to Nukanobu County.  Believe it or not.  Anyway, 2 years after Chokei's death, Masamitsu actually founded Chofuku-ji Temple in 1396 to pray for Chokei's comfort in the other world.

Address: Mirumachi, Shichinohe, Kamikita District, Aomori 039-2548

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Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #6 Furumachi-Sumino-Kannon-do Hall

 

     The Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #5 has gone.

     It is unknown when Empuku-ji Temple was founded in Sannohe, Nukanobu County, Mutsu Province.  The 11th head of the Sanhohe-Nanbu Family, Nobunaga, built Shojuji Fortress during the Southern and Northern Courts Period (1336-1392).  Empuku-ji Temple might have been founded after the period.  It is unknown when the temple was abolished with its Sumino-Kannnon left, but its abolishment could have been after the 24th head of the family moved their base to Sannohe Castle after 1539.

     Sumino-Kannon-do Hall enshrines the 30-centimeters-tall sitting wooden image of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, and was first documented in 1653 as Sannnohe-Sumino-Kannon.  Hachinohe also has Sumino-Kannon.

Address: Masuzawa-102 Komukai, Nambu, Sannohe District, Aomori 039-0104

Shojuji Fortress Site Information Center

Address: Shojuji-81-2 Komukai, Nambu, Sannohe District, Aomori 039-0104

Phone: 0179-23-4711

Sannohe-jo Castle Ruins

Address: Shironoshita-34-2 Umenai, Sannohe, Sannohe District, Aomori 039-0112

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Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #4 Asahi Kannon-do Hall

 

     The Nanbu Family divided the main part of Nukanobu County into 9: Ichinohe, Ninohe, Sannohe, Shinohe, Gonohe, Rokunohe, Shichinohe, Hachinohe, and Kunohe.  A part of the Ninohe area produced millstones, and the area came to be called Ishikiridokoro, namely Quarry.

     Ishikiridokoro had a cave and an image of Arya Avalokiteshvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, was enshrined in the cave around 847.

Address : Ishikiridokoro Omura, Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture, 028-6103

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Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #3 Torigoe Kannon

 

     The #2 member temple of the Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage has been lost. 

     Mount Torigoe is 375 meters above sea level.  Its peak has a 50-meters-tall cliff with caves.

     Suzuki Unkyaku lived in Yamashiro Province at the end of the 8th century.  He visited Mount Torigoe and enshrined an image of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, in one of the caves in 807.  The precincts became Iwaya-ji Temple and belonged to Tiantai Sect sometime between 969 and 984.  The image is called Torigoe-Kannon. 

     Other caves enshrine Hakusan Shrine, Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha, Bhaisajyaguru, and Akasagarbha.

Address : Miyakozawa, Torigoe, Ichinohe-cho, Ninohe-gun, Iwate Prefecture, 028-5313

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Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #1 Tendai-ji Temple

 

      The clear water gushes out from the roots of a large Katsura (cercidiphyllum japonicum) tree at the foot of Tendai-ji Temple, which was known as Keisen Kannon, Cercidiphyllum Japonicum Spring Avalokitesvara.  Even in prehistoric days, the spring was worshiped as a sacred place, later developed into a sacred place of Kannon, and then was amalgamated into the northernmost Buddhist culture in Japan in ancient times.  An image of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, is believed to have been enshrined in 728.

     The existing Buddhist images date back to the Nara period.  In the fifth excavation survey conducted in 1980, the remains of a building with foundation stones were found on the east side of the current main hall.  Based on the state of the excavated pottery and the Towada volcanic ash that erupted on August 17th, 915, it was estimated that Tendai-ji Temple was founded in the 10th century.  The Arya Avalokitesvara image is thought to have been made in the mid-10th century.

     The Towada Lake eruption occurred in the Nakaumi caldera, devastating the surrounding area with pyroclastic flows and lahars and covering most of the North-Eastern region of Japan with volcanic ash, leading to crop failures, climate change, and famines.  The eruption might have unmotivated the Imperial Army.  After the organization of Iwate County in the 10th century, they seem to have stopped advancing further north.  In the meantime, samurai's days came, and Mutsu Province came under the rule of the Abe Family in the 11th century.

     Keisei Kannon is also the New Mutsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #33 deity.

Address: Oyamakubo-33 Joboji, Ninohe, Iwate 028-6942

Phone: 0195-38-2500

Katsura Spring

Address: Oyamakubo-28 Joboji, Ninohe, Iwate 028-6942

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Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

 

     Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized by Priest Kanko in 1512.

     Nanbu Masayasu (1461-?) was the 22nd head of the Nanbu Family.  He had 5 sons; Nanbu Yasunobu (1493-1541), Ishikawa Takanobu (1495-1571), Minami Nagayoshi (1497-1583), Ishigame Nobufusa (1499-1583), and Kemanai Hidenori (1521-1585).  They were all competent samurai, and that helped the family to rise to become a warlord in the Warring States Period.  The Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized in the territories of the Nanbu Family when they were laying their foundation.

     The Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage is on the decline and is one of the endangered 33 Kannon pilgrimages.

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Virtual Sannohe 33 Kannon Pilgrimage Ota-Kannon-do Hall

 

     It is unknown when and how the Sannohe 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized.  The pilgrimage has disappeared only with the fragments of the information of Ota-Kannon-do Hall left.  Even the hall’s membership number hasn’t been passed down.

     There used to be a Kannon-do hall in Ota Hamlet, Matashige Village, Sannohe County, Mutsu Province.  Matashige Village was first documented in 1297.  The village had a stock farm at the beginning of the 16th century.

     The hamlet has a shrine but no Kannon-do hall.  It is unknown if the hall had something to do with the shrine.  It is also unknown where the hall’s Avalokitesvara image has gone.

     The shrine is called Marisu-ten.  The Buddhist deity Marici is usually called Marishi-ten in Japanese or Molizhitian in Chinese.  It is unknown whether Marisu is a local accent of Marishi or a completely different local deity.

Marisu-ten Shrine

Address: Ota, Kuraishimatashige, Gonohe, Sannohe District, Aomori 039-1703

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Virtual Hachinohe Castle Town 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #33 Taisen-in Temple

 

     The Hachinohe-Nanbu Family, or the Nejo-Nanbu Family, advanced to Kai Province to support the Southern Court.  Taisen-in Temple was founded in today's Kurami, Nishikatsura, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi 403-0023, in 1367 by Nanbu Masamochi.  They returned to Hachinohe in 1398 after the Southern Court was merged with the Northern Court.  Masamochi ruled Niida Village and called his family Niida.

      Taisen-in Temple was moved to Niida Village either in 1533 or 1570.  When the Niida Family moved to Tono in 1590, the temple moved with them.  Nanbu Toshinao (1576-1632), the 2nd lord of the Morioka Domain, supported the revival of Taisen-in Temple in Niida Village. 

Address: Teranoue-13-1 Niida, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0813

Phone: 0178-25-5245

Taisen-in Temple

Address: 7-8 Shinmachi, Tono City, Iwate 028-0524

Phone: 0198-62-2510

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Virtual Hachinohe Castle Town 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #32 Josho-ji Temple

 

     Sawa, a daughter of Matsubashi Magosuke, a wealthy merchant in Hachinohe, became a concubine of Nanbu Shigenobu (1616-1702), the 3rd lord of the Morioka Domain.  She gave birth to Michinobu (1673-1716), who became the 3rd lord of the Hachinohe Domain.

     The Matsubashi Family had an Amitabha hermitage in their hometown, Araida Village.  After Sawa's death, Magossuke enshrined her Buddhist memorial tablet in the hermitage, and changed its name to Josho-in after her posthumous Buddhis name in 1692.

     In 1733, the 4th lord of Hachinohe Domain, Hironobu (1709-1741), invited Priest Ryonen to change the hermitage to a Buddhist temple, and, in 1734, the temple was named Josho-ji.

     Matsuhashi Magosuke was first documented in 1683 as he started a sake brewery.  He also built a large merchant ship and started a shipping business.  In 1728, he was allowed to carry a sword, and was also allowed to controle forestry within the domain.

     In 1768, Magosuke sold the sake brewery to Kawachiya Hachiemon, and the brewery is still known for its sake brand name Hachitsuru.

     Nanbu Masamochi, the 2nd son of Nanbu Masanaga (?-1360), ruled Niida Village and called his family Niida.  The family built Niida Fortress.  Niida Elementary School is located on the site of the fortress.  The family name was first documented in 1336.  When the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family, or the Nejo-Nanbu Family, didn't have a successor, the Niida Family provided one.  For example, the 17th head, Katsuyoshi, was succeeded by Niida Masayoshi (1543-1610), and the 21st head, Seishinni (1586-1644), was succeeded by Niida Naoyoshi (1602-1675).

     When the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family was transferred to Tono, the Niida Family followed them.  The people in the castle town of Niida Fortress were moved to the Hachinohe Castle Town and formed the Yokacho, Juhatinichicho, and Nijuhachinichicho townships.

     Niida Village was first documented sometime between 1592 and 1596.

Address: Saka-5 Niida, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0813

Phone: 0178-25-1697

Hachinohe Brewery Hachitsuru Factory

Address: 1 Bancho, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0031

Phone: 0178-43-0010

Niida Elementary School

Address: Tatehira-20 Niida, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0813

Phone: 0178-25-3150

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Virtual Hachinohe Castle Town 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #31 Daiji-ji Temple

 

     Nanbu Moriyuki (1359-1437) of the Sannohe-Nanbu Family and Nanbu Nagatsune of the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family fought against the Ando Pirates over the control of Kazuno County in 1411.  After their triumph, Nagatsune invited Priest Shomi of Bansho-ji Temple in the county, who had contributed to the triumph, to have him found Daiji-ji Temple in Matsudate, Hachinohe.  Since then, the temple was supported as a family temple of the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family.  In 1590, the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family became subordinate to the Sannohe-Nanbu Family.  In 1627, the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family was transferred to Nabekura Castle, and the temple accompanied the family to Tono.  The Daiji-ji Temple in Hachinohe was temporarily closed, but, in 1664, Nanbu Toshinao (1576-1632), the head of the Sannohe-Nanbu Family, invited Priest Genryu to revive it.  In 1875, Daiji-ji Temples in Matsudate and Choja became independent temples.  Later, Daiji-ji Temple in Matsudate became a branch of Daiji-ji Temple in Choja.

     Daiji-ji Temple in Matsudate is located in the hilly section of Hachinohe.  Daiji-ji Temple in Choja is located in the alluvium plain.  Presumably, Daiji-ji Temple was founded in the hills when stock farming was militarily important, and its branch was built in the plain when rice cultivation became a key industry.

     All in all, they have 3 Daiji-ji Temples.

Address: Furusato-38 Matsudate, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0815

Phone: 0178-25-3915

Bansho-ji Temple

Address: Nishimachi-187 Hanawa, Kazuno, Akita 018-5201

Phone: 0186-23-2647

Nabekura Castle Ruins

Address: Tonocho, Tono City, Iwate 028-0514

Phone: 0198-62-2111

Daijiji Temple

Address: 9-20 Daikucho, Tono City, Iwate 028-0527

Phone: 0198-62-4041  

Daiji-ji Temple

Address: 1 Chome-6-59 Choja, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0021

Phone: 0178-22-1856

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Virtual Hachinohe Castle Town 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #30 Matsudate-Miyauchi-Kannon-do Hall

 

     During the Southern and Northern Courts Period (1336-1392), the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family, or the Nejo-Nanbu Family, advanced to Kai Province to support the Southern Court.  They returned to Hachinohe in 1398 after the 2 courts were merged.

     Niyama-go Shrine was founded in 1366 presumably by the vassals of the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family.  It was rebuilt in 1394 by Taira Morinaga, who might have been subject to the Hachinohe-Nanbu Family.

     An Avalokitesvara image could have been enshrined in the shrine as Miyauchi literally means Shrine-Inside.

     It is unknown whether Niyama-gu Shrine had something to do with Niyama Shrine in Tatemae.  It is also unknown if Miyauchi-Kannon-do Hall had something to do with a ruined Kannon-do hall in Kamiteraji.

Address: Kamiteraji-12 Matsudate, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0815

Niiyama Shrine

Address: Tatemae Korekawa, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0023

Kannon-do Hall

Address: Kamiteraji-12 Matsudate, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0815

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Virtual Hachinohe Castle Town 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #29 Okada-Kannon-do Hall

 

     The Tachibana Clan was one of the 4 most powerful noble clans in Japan's Nara and early Heian Periods.  The other 3 were the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Taira Clans.  In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Tachibana Clan were eclipsed and eventually became scattered across Japan.

     Some members of the Tachibana Clan settled in eastern provinces and became samurai.  Tachibana Tomoyasu (?-944) played an active role in the defensive battle against Taira Masakado (?-940), and many samurai families were born claiming to be his descendants.  Some Tachibana Clan members also settled in Dewa Province.  Tachibana Yoshinori was active at the end of the 10th century, and the brothers Tachibana Sadayori and Yorisada fought for Kiyohara Takenori in the Former Nine Years War (1051-1062).  Tachibana Kiminari fought for Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199), became a manor steward of the Ogashima, and also was given a territory in Akita County.

     According to tradition, Tachibana Toemon came from Shonai County, Dewa Province, in 807 with his 5 centimeters-tall gold image of Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja.  As 807 is the legendary year when countless shrines and temples are said to have been founded in Dewa and Mutsu Provinces, it must have been after the 10th century that Toemon moved.

     Okada Kannon was first documented in 1665.

     Presumably after the Meiji Restoration, the original gold image was moved to Gassan Shrine in Kagota, and a 30-centimeters tall wooden statue of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, is enshrined in Okada-Kannon-do Hall.

Address: Okada, Matsudate, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0815

Kagoto-Gassan Shrine

Address: Kagota-38 Matsudate, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0815

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Virtual Hachinohe Castle Town 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #28 Seisui-ji Temple

 

     Hachinohe Castle Town 33 Kannon Pilgrimage has lost its #25-#27 member temples.

     We have 16 Kiyomizu-dera Temples and 21 Seisui-ji Temples with the same Chinese characters across Japan.  They are all supposed to have copied Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, which was founded in 788.

     Tradition says that Seisui-ji Temple was founded by Ennin (794-864), but it is doubtful that he visited the Hachinohe area about a millennium before the organization of Nukanobu County in Mutsu Province.

Address: Nakai-18-2 Korekawa, Hachinohe, Aomori 031-0023

Phone: 0178-96-1680

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Address: 1 Chome-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0862

Phone: 075-551-1234