Virtual North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #20 Shoho-ji Temple

 

     The surrounding area of Shishikutsu-ji Temple has gigantic rocks.  En Ozuno (634-701) is said to have started the megalith worship there.  The temple was founded by Gyoki (668-749) in the holy place.

     Around the Southern and Northern Courts Period (1336-1392), the temple flourished and had 12 branches.  Shoho-in Temple was one of them.  Shoho-in Temple was burned down in the Siege of Osaka in 1615.  In the Edo Period, it was revived and was renamed Shoho-ji.

     The temple's precincts have the 13-story stone pagoda which was made in the Southern and Northern Courts Period.  The pagoda was moved from Senju-ji Temple, which was another branch of Shishikutsu-ji Temple, when it was abolished after the Meiji Period.

Address: 1 Chome-12-1 Kisaichi, Katano, Osaka 576-0033

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