Virtual Arima County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #9 Chomei-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Chomei-ji Temple was founded in Onada Village, Arima County, Settsu Province.  Onada Village was recorded in Keicho Kuni-ezu, or the Keicho Maps of the Provinces.  Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, conducted a land survey of the distribution and rice yields of the feudal lords' territories and the lands of temples and shrines across Japan in September, 1605.  He appointed Nishio Yoshitsugu (1530-1606) as magistrate in charge of Eastern Provinces and Tsuda Hidemasa (1546-1653) as magistrate in charge of Western Provinces.  The maps are said to have been made based on this survey.  The village was the territory of Arima Toyouji (1569-1642).  It is unknown when the village was divided into Kami-Onada, namely Upper Onada, and Shimo-Onada, Namely Lower Onada, Villages.

     Shimo-Onada Village was merged into Kobe City, the Kanoko-dai New Town was developed in the area, and Chomei-ji Temple came to belong to the new town.

 

Address: 2 Chome-8-1 Kanokodai Minamimachi, Kita Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-1514

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