Virtual Miki County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #12 An'yo-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when An’yo-ji Temple was founded in Hosokawa-Naka Village.

It is unknown when Hosokawa Manor was developed along the Mino and Ogawa Rivers.  The manor was first documented in 1212, when its ownership was transferred from Kenshunmonin Chunagon (1157-?), the 1st daughter of Fujiwara Toshinari (1114-1204), to Fujiwara Teika (1162-1241), Toshinari's 2nd son, in the Meigetsuki, the diary of Teika.  Meigetsuki literally means Bright Moon Journal.

     Hosokawa-Naka Village first appears in the Keicho Kuni-ezu, or the Keicho Maps of the Provinces.

     For your information, Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, followed the example of the Toyotomi administration and 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 Keicho Kuni-ezu, or the Keicho Maps of the Provinces, and Gocho, or the Registers of Villages, are said to have been made based on this survey.  The maps and registers are believed to have been destroyed in fires in Edo Castle, and no original copies exist today.  The only copies that remain are those covering 11 provinces and one island, and are limited to Western Japan.  Some even argue the maps and registers did not cover the entire country, but was limited to western provinces as part of oppressive policies against the western outsiders daimyo.

     In 1617, the village was transferred from Himeji Domain to Akashi Domain.  So, when the Miki County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized in 1707, it belonged to Akashi Domain.

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