Hofukuji Temple is number 23 on the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage. It is a small temple in the old part of Hamada, but I can find little information about it other than is belongs to the Shingon sect.
It is famous for having a monument to, and the grave of, Ohatsu, whose real name was Matsuda Satsu. She was the heroine of the Kagamiyama Incident which occured at the Hamada Domains Edo Mansion.
The story was the basis of several puppet and kabuki plays that were very popular, though much embellished from the original story.
Ohatsu was a maid for one of the ladies-in-waiting at the Edo mansion. Her mistress was struck by a sandal by a higher-ranked lady-in-waiting and such an insult was so great that she killed herself. Ohatsu avenged her mistress by killing the tormentor with the knife her mistress used to kill herself. She was much rewarded for this show of loyalty...
In front of Hofukuji is a new statue of a Bokefuji Kannon for protection against demetntia and alzheimers..... an increasingly popular Kannon....
Dainichiji is one of the many unnumbered temples on the pilgrimage.
It is also Shingon, but other than that I can find no info...
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