＊Brief Chronology Of Ensen-ji＊

1332-92：Probably late in the Nambokucho Period, Taishi-do Hall founded and Ensenbo(former name of Ensen-ji) considered to be founded as a kind Shinto-shrine temple (called"betto-ji"). Legend also has it that the temple was founded by Kobo Daishi.

1590：Go-hojo family overthrown, and Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo.

1592：Taishido Village (about 54 koku of land) becomes a fiefdom of Yamamoto Yojiuemon.

1603：Tokugawa Ieyasu founds the Tokugawa shogunate.

1611 ：Great Master Kenkei, restorer and founder of the temple, passes over.

1615 ：Tokugawa government establishes a system of head temple-dependenttemple srelationship in all sects of Buddhism on a nationwide scale, and Ensen-ji become a dependent temple of Hosen-ji in Nakano.

1604 ："Terauke" system (a system of registration of all families at a local temple as evidence of not being contaminated by Christianity) established.

1672 ：Koshin Kuyo-to (Memorial Tower for the Blue Warrior) erected, and another erected the following year. Koshin belief becomes in the area around this period.

1688 ：Visits to Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines become very popular among the common people, and there seems to be no end to the number of people visiting this temple too.

1716 ：The eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune institutes the Kyoho Reform.

1728 ：Great Master Shumypromotes the status of the temple and inherits a school of Buddhism, thereby succeeding in gradually increasing its parishioners. The priest given the title of the restorer of the temple.

1799 ：Roku Jizo-son erected in November.

1857 ：All the buildings, ancient utensils and documents of the temple destroyed by fire on January 8.

1806 ：Main Hall rebuilt.

1868 ：Tokugawa shogunate collapses.Meiji Restoration. Shintoism-Buddhism Separation Edict issued by the new Meiji government, and Ensen-ji also removed from the office of head priest of Hachiman Shrine.

1871 ：Taishido local school opened at the temple. MIYANO Sanpei, a pioneer of education in Setagaya-ku, invited to teach at the school.

1873 ：A new educational system established, and Taishido Local School becomes Ebara Elementary School (predecessor of present Wakabayashi Elementary School).

1895 ：MIYANO Sanpei passes over at age 70. A monument in honor of his distinguished educational services erected in the precincts of the temple.

1899 ：The construction of the Main Hall (present Main Hall) completed in February. Crown Prince Shotoku Mandala made.

1926 ：Main Hall repaired on a large scale.

1931 ：Monument of Crown Prince Shotoku erected in May. Around this time,the temple thronged with pilgrimages by members of a religious association called "Taishi-ko" or visitors to festivals.

1936 ：Priests' living quarters repaired.

1948 ：Precincts improved."Taishi Setsubun-e"(a service held at the beginning of the year in commemoration of Crown Prince Shotoku) started.

1951 ：Taishi-do Hall corridor repaired.

1964 ：Main Hall repaired.

1968 ：Kosodate Jizo-son (Children-rearing Jizo)moved to the temple in May.

1969 ：Taishi-do Hall roof repaired.

1974 ：Muen-to(a memorial tower for those died leaving no one to attend their graves) erected on September 18.

1985 ：Statue of Kobo Daishi (posthumous title of Kukai) as a Wandering Ascetic erected in commemoration of the 1150th anniversary of his death.

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