Rennyo Shonin, the eighth head of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect, who fled from Yoshizaki to Kyoto due to the uprising of the Ikko Ikki, was sent down to Echizen by Toshikage Asakura, the lord of Echizen Prefecture, on the condition that he build a temple in Ichijodani. He made a request, but the jounin did not listen, considering the surrounding situation.
However, in 1476, the Shonin decided to make a close relative of his as a Buddhist priest by marrying Renji (son of Eizon), the grandson of Shu Kaku Genshin, the third son of the fifth head of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect, Shonin Kenyo. was appointed to the position of Gobo.
From Toshikage onwards, the Asakura clan served as their protector for generations, and for a period of 100 years between five generations until the Asakura clan's downfall, the post of gobo was held by three successive generations: Hasumi, Shinkatsu, and Yusei.
Later, after the Sengoku period, Lord Hideichi Hasegawa was appointed as the lord of Togo Castle, and he moved the temple base to the castle grounds, calling it ``Yoshizaki Removed Gobo.'' The Gobo land is currently listed as No. 1 Orihashi, 62 Tochiizumi-cho, Fukui City, and is still called Goboda.
Until modern times, its location was communicated by a marker post, and it is said that paving stones and foundation stones thought to be the remains of a well were laid all over about 50 cm underground.
It is said that the hall was moved to its current location about 13 years later.
Hidemasa Hori, who became the lord of the castle of Kitanosho in 1590, was especially devoted to the Shinshu sect, and donated Gobo land to the cadastral register in Yanagimachi, Kitanosho, and received it from the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect. The 11th head priest, Kennyoshi Shonin, appointed Zenchin of Shogenji as the guardian of the temple grounds.
After Hidemasa Hori died of illness in 1590, his eldest son, Hideharu Hori, carried on his father's wishes and built a hall in the Yanagimachi Gobo area, which became Yanagimachi Gobo and became Fukui Betsuin.
This resulted in the creation of two Gobo temples, and Togo Gobo became a separate temple without a temple name.
Therefore, Junnyo Shonin, the 12th head priest of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect, gave Togo Gobo, which had become a branch temple, the temple name ``Shoon-ji'' and gave it the status of ``Inke.''
In other words, this is why Shōonji Temple is said to be the successor of Yoshizaki Gobo and the predecessor of Fukui Betsuin Temple.

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