Virtual Miki County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #22 Sho-Kanzeon-do Hall

 

     It is unknown when Juryo-zan Seiun-ji Temple was founded in Higashibata Village, Miki County, Harima Province.  When the Keicho Kuni-ezu, or the Keicho Maps of the Provinces, was drawn in the 17th century, the village name might have been pronounced Higashihayata.

     Higashihayata or Higashihata Village was part of the Himeji Domain at the beginning of the Edo Period, but became part of the Akashi Domain after 1617.  After 1679, the village was directly ruled by the Tokugawa Shogunate.

     In 1872, 36 villages out of 2 towns and 124 villages in Miki County were integrated with each other to form 14 villages, but Higashihata Village kept being independent and was renamed Higashida Village, which couldn't support a Buddhist temple any longer.  It is unknown when Seiun-ji Temple was abolished with its Kannon-do Hall left.

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