Virtual North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #4 Shoko-ji Temple

 

     Shoko-ji Temple was founded in 1484.

     In the Onin War (1467-1477), the Muromachi Shogunate power was divided into 2; the East Force and the West Force.  They fought against each other in Kyoto.  That weakened the shogunate power.  After the war, however, in 1487 and 1491, the shogunate attacked Rokkaku Takayori (?-1520), who tried to be a war lord in Omi Province.  The transformation to the Warring States Period was in progress, but it is unknown what transformation was taking place, or wasn't taking place, in Kawachi Province in the second half of the 15th century.  Someone obviously needed a Buddhist temple in Ozato Village, Nose County, Settsu Province.

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