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.

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