Virtual Yashima Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #11 ?

 

     It is unknown when Jigan-ji Temple was founded in Ueno-120 Yashimamachi Tateishi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0414.  The temple is supposed to have had Motoki-in Kannon-do Hall, which enshrined a Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja image, in Ueno-59 Yashimamachi Tateishi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0414.

     Koken-ji Temple was founded in the secondary bailey of Nejo Fortress in 1394 by Priest Nosho, who was supported by Oi Mitsuyasu.  The Oi Family, which was later called the Yashima Family, died out in 1593, and the fortress was destroyed.  Koken-ji Temple moved to Sakanoshita Village, but it was washed away by the flood in 1639, and was revived in the precincts of Jigan-ji Temple.

     It is unknown why Jigan-ji Temple was gone, and when the Kannon-do hall was abolished.  The image is supposed to be kept somewhere around its original location.

Nejo Fortress Site

Address: Kanazawa-50-1 Yashimamachi Arasawa, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0418