Virtual North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #27 Sairen-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Sainen-ji Temple was founded.  The oldest stone monument of the temple is dated 1680's.

     Hachikazuki is a narrative literature set in the area around Sainen-ji Temple and is about a maiden of noble birth who wears a bowl on her head and marries a prince.  Hachikazuki was recorded in a mid-Edo collection of 23 stories, which was compiled by Shibukawa Kiyoemon sometime between 1661 and 1672, and which was titled Otogi Bunko or Otogi-zoshi.  So, the temple could have been founded before the 1660's.

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