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