三郷市の写し霊場「新四国四箇領八十八箇所霊場」をめぐってみよう Let’s go around 88 utsushi sacred places in Misato.
Now that there are various means of transportation such as railroads and planes, many people are enjoying their trips.
Among them, shrines and temples are visited all over the country as a popular power spot tour.
One of the starting points for people to enjoy traveling in this way is that travel was popular during the Edo period. Even though travel became popular, people's means of transportation was basically walking. As a result, there were many problems such as physical condition, travel time, and accommodation expenses, and some people couldn't do it even if they wanted to.
The utsushi sacred place was established there. A "utsushi sacred place" is a pilgrimage to a place designated as a temple, and you can get the same benefit after pilgrimage to the real sacred place(88 sacred sites in Shikoku) or (33 Kannon sacred sites in Saigoku) was as supposed to be. It can still be seen all over the country under names such as "New Shikoku Pilgrimage".
"It is one of the utsushi sacred sites" established around Misato City. Let's take a look at the local "copying sacred place".
What is the copy sacred place "New Shikoku 88 places sacred place" in Misato city?
First, let's take a look at what the utsushi sacred place "New Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage Sacred Ground" in Misato City is.
Let's go around the fudasho in the city.
We will introduce the fudasho in the city in numerical order.
The footprints of the sacred place that still exist.
In the city, there are traces of the utsushi sacred place other than the temple, which was the Fudasho.
New shikoku 4 territories 88 places sacred place.
The stone pillars found at each pilgrimage route are very likely to be lost in the future due to road expansion work. Even if you don't usually think about it, I hope it will give you an opportunity to think about the meaning of protecting the cultural properties of the region while being interested in "Misato has something that makes you feel the history".
If you would like to know more details, please refer to the references such as "History and Folklore Lecture:Copy Sacred places in Misato City-New Shikoku 4 territories 88 Pilgrimage" published in "Ashi no Michi " No.29.
*The contents are of the time of publication. Information may have been updated.
Explain the term
〇Fudasho
A sacred place to visit is a temple. Due to the custom of dedicating bills to the proof of worship, the name "Fudasho" was given.
〇Junrei (Pilgrimage)
A person who worships or pilgrimages to the sacred place.
〇Shikoku 88 kashoreijo (88 Shikoku pilgrimage Place)
Its calls "Ohenrosan" or "Shikoku hennro". A pilgrimage to the land related to Kobo Daishi Kukai, who opened the Shingon sect in the early Heian period.
Kobo Daishi Kukai is from Sanuki no Kuni（Kagawa Prefecture), and has been awared Koyasan(Wakayama Prefecture) and Toji Temple (Kyoto Prefecture) by the emperor, and has made various achievements. It is said that he practiced in the Shikoku region, and at that time he chose a temple and opened 88 sacred sites in Shikoku. People have been pilgrimages since the early Edo period, and many people are still pilgrimages.
A list of references
〇Katsushika ward edition "Augmentation katsushikakushi volume 1"
(Katsushika ward distrist, 1985)
〇Yashio City edition "Yashio City History Ethnic Edition" (Yashio City district, 1985)
〇Yashio City edition "Yashio City History Ⅰ" (Yashio City Edition Committee, 1989)
〇Yashio City edition "Yashio City History Ⅱ" (Yashio City Edition Committee, 1989)
〇Misato City History Compilation Committee "Misato City History Vol.9 Folklore Edition"
(Misato City, 1991)
〇Misato City History Compilation Committee "Misato City History Vol.6 history edition Ⅰ"
(Misato City, 1995)
〇Misato City History Compilation Committee "Misato City History Vol.7 history edition Ⅱ"
(Misato City, 1997)
Japanese Version
三郷の写し霊場「新四国四箇領八十八箇所霊場」をめぐってみよう／三郷市公式サイト (misato.lg.jp)
About browsing and purchasing "the history of Misato City"
"The history of Misato City" (10 volumes in total) in the references.
You can browse in the library or in the electronic library.
Link Misato City Library
Misato City Digital Library
We also sell materials related to the history of the city.
If you would like to purchase, please contact Shogaigakushuka(the Lifelong Learning Division).
★Misato City History Related Publications List
For more Information
Misato City Kita Public Hall
Address :870 kamihikona Misato City, 341-0004
Phone : 048-957-0253 Fax : 048-959-5896
Email:kominkan@city.misato.lg.jp