Virtual Honjo Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #24 Hachiman-ji Temple

 

     Mogami Mitsukuni, the 4th son of the 3rd head of the family, Mitsunao (?-1413), was based in Tateoka Fortress and called his family Tateoka.  He founded Hachiman Shrine in Tateokafueda, Murayama, Yamagata 995-0024, in 1448.

     A couple of generations later, Tateoka Mitsushige (1547-1639) was promoted to Yuri County in 1607.  He brought the Hachiman Shrine with him.  In 1622, his lord, Mogami Yoshitoshi (1605-1632), was demoted to Omi Province, and Mitsushige lost his job and land.

     The Rokugo family kept the Hachiman Shrine as the castle town's shrine.

     Presumably in those days, Hachiman-ji Temple was founded as the shrine's shrine temple, as the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism was popular.  Probably after the Meiji Restoration Government issued the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868, the temple was abolished with its Avalokitesvara statue enshrined in Hachiman Shrine.

Hachiman Shrine

Address: 50 Yachimachi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0078

Phone: 0184-22-3449

Tateoka Fortress Site

Address: Tateokatate, Murayama, Yamagata 995-0025