Virtual Yashima Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #25 ?

 

     When the Yashima Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized, Sukebei in Kogurisawa Hamlet, Shimo-Kawauchi Village, had an image of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses.  Later, his offspring moved it to Mitake Shrine, which might have been located in Mitakenokoshi Chokaimachi Kurisawa, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0503.  It is unknown when the shrine was abolished and where the image has gone.

     Shimo-Kawauchi Village was first documented in 1612.  The village had Okubo, Tsubobuchi, Sasubira, Koya, Tsuruoka, Tsuruta, Okurisawa, and Kogurisawa Hamlets.