Virtual Honjo Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #12 Kogan-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Kogan-ji Temple was founded in Shiokoshi Village, which was developed at the foot of the sand dunes between Lake Kisakata and the Sea of Japan.

     The village was first documented in 1612, when the area was ruled by Tateoka Mitsushige (1547-1639).  It was then ruled by Honda Masazumi (1565-1637).  He was disfavored by Tokugawa Hidetada (1579-1632), the 2nd Shogun, and was exiled to Yokote.  In 1623, it was ruled by Nikaho Kiyoshige (1560-1624).  In 1631, it was owned by the Tokugawa Shogunate.  In 1640, it became part of Honjo Domain, ruled by Rokugo Masakatsu (1609-1677).  In the same year, the Ikoma Family and the Rokugo Family exchanged their land for the convenience of ruling.

     The Ikoma family gave the Rokugo Family 17 villages: Shiokoshi (Nichome Shiokoshi, KisakatamachiNikaho, Akita 018-0118), Teraishi, Konoura (Konoura, Nikaho, Akita 018-0311), Tobi (Tobi, Nikaho, Akita 018-0301), Kurokawa (Kurokawa, Nikaho, Akita 018-0302), Serida (Serida, Nikaho, Akita 018-0404), Mitsumori (Mitsumori, Nikaho, Akita 018-0403), Maekawa (Maekawa, Nikaho, Akita 018-0321), Otake (Otake, Nikaho, Akita 018-0322), Nakazato, Iseiji (Iseiji, Nikaho, Akita 018-0431), Misono (Misono Himeno, Nikaho, Akita 018-0436), Hinokuchi (Hinokuchi Himeno, Nikaho, Akita 018-0436), Domeki (Domeki Himeno, Nikaho, Akita 018-0436), Tateiji, and Mikkaichi (Mikkaichi Nakasanchi, Nikaho, Akita 018-0435) Villages.

     The Rokugo family gave the Ikoma Family 16 villages: Gonai (Gonai Yashimamachi Motomachi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0417), Hirabayashi (Hirabayashi Chokaimachi Shimojinego, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0722), Sakanoshita (Sakanoshita Nishisawa, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0352), Shinjo (Shinjo Yashimamachi Shinjo, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0415), Nakayama (Nakayama Takao, Yurihonjo, Akita 018-0844), Yatsusugi, Yubinabe, Kisara (Kamikisara Yashimamachi Kisara, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0413), Sugisawa (Sugisawa Yashimamachi Kawabe, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0412), Koitado (Koitado Yashimamachi Kawabe, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0412), Kamizato (Kamizato Higashiyurihonai, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0201), Kaminori, Shimosato, Honai (Honai Higashiyurihonai, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0201), Niiwa, Kawachi Village.

     The output of the 17 villages and that of the 16 villages were equivalent.  It is interesting that modern municipal territories inherit those of feudal domains rather than primitive or ancient domains.

     Anyway, without the exchange, Kogan-ji Temple wasn’t included in the Honjo Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.

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