Virtual Sakai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #33 Sosen-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Tenkyo-zan Sosen-ji Temple was founded by Priest Junko (?-1593) in Yanagi-machi Township, Sakai Town, Izumi Province.  It belongs to Pure Land Buddhism and is a branch of Chion-in Temple.  Its main deity is Amida Buddha.

     Judging from when the founder died, the temple could have been founded after the Warring States Period (1467-1568), when Sakai Town forfeited its right of self-government to Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), the then actual ruler of Japan.

     As the temple is located outside the Medieval urban area of Sakai Town and inside its modern area, it could have been relocated when the town was reconstructed after it was burned down in 1615 during the Siege of Osaka.

Address: 2 Chome-2-33 Yanaginochohigashi, Sakai Ward, Sakai, Osaka 590-0933

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