Virtual North Kawachi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #32 Miroku-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Miroku-ji Temple was founded along Gongen River in Minamino Village, Sarara County, Kawachi Province.  Its precincts have the Thirteen Buddhas Stone Monument, which is dated 1559.  The temple could be as old as the monument or older.

     Gongen River runs out of Muro Pond in Minamino, Shijonawate, Osaka 575-0022, and flows west.  The area around the pond is identified to be Himuro in Sarara County, which is listed in the Engishiki, which is a book about laws and customs, and whose major part was completed in 927.  The low land along the river is supposed to have belonged to Koka Village, which was developed under the Jori system.

     In the 8th century, rice fields were rezoned by the unit of 11,881 square meters.  Horizontal 6 units were called Jo, and vertical 6 units were called Ri.  Accordingly, the rezoning system was called the Jori system.  The Jori system in Yamaga village extended about 2,500 meters from east to west and about 654 meters from north to south.  Gongen River distributes its water every 109 meters to form creeks.

Address: 3 Chome-6-11 Minamino, Shijonawate, Osaka 575-0021

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