Virtual North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #24 Korin-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Korin-ji Temple was founded.  Its precincts have a megalith.

     Kukai (774-835) practiced religious austerities in the Lion Cave of Shishikutsu-ji Temple.  He recognized where Korin-ji Temple is located to be a holy place sometime between 810 and 823.

     Korin-ji Temple was first documented as Hoshino Practice Hall in 1637, when Ichihashi Nagamasa (1575-1648) carried out the land survey.  He had been given certain territory in Kawachi Province in 1620.  In 1661, the hall was changed into a Buddhist temple and was named Korin-ji.

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