Japan Miyagi Sencai Rinnoji Templr

Rinno-ji Temple was founded in 1441 by Mochimune, the 11th head of the Date family, in Yanagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, as the founder of Taianbonkami Osho. Since Mrs. Soken Masamune was the younger sister of the third shogun Yoshimitsu Ashikaga's biological mother, the sixth shogun Yoshinori petitioned Emperor Gohanazono and gave her a plaque that read ``Kongohozan Rinnozenji''.The founding period of Rinnoji coincided with the period of the rise of the Date clan, and the residence of the Date clan changed to Yanagawa, Nishiyama, Yonezawa, Aizu, Yonezawa, Iwadeyama, and Sendai. It was in the 7th year of Keicho (1602) when the 17th Masamune, the 9th priest Koten Kuyama, moved to the temple. Historians refer to this as the ``Rokusen of Rinnoji.''