Honsenji Kannon Shinagawa

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Honsenji 品川寺 Honsenji-Ji - Minami-Shinagawa
海照山 Kaishozan 普門院 Fumon-In

東京都品川区南品川3-5-17 / Tokyo, Shinagawa ward, Minami-Shinagawa

水月観世音菩薩 Suigetsu Kannon - "Water Moon Kannon"
品川観音 Shinagawa Kannon

- Chant of the temple
おん　びしゅだ　はんどま さとば けいた　そわか

The temple was most probably erected on request of 太田道灌 Ota Dokan.
and later kept as the family temple of 品川一族 the Shinagawa clan.
It was first called 金華山 Kinkazan 大円寺 Daien-Ji.
The statue of Suigetsu Kannon was given by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi.

source : meishozu.com/edo2 ...

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Honsenji Temple

Shinagawa City packs a lot of historical culture within its borders. Its location on the edge of Tokyo Bay saw the city become the first stage of any journey from old Edo to Kyoto while the Buddhist faithful found succour in its many temples and shrines.
One of the most important of these temples is Honsenji Temple, a Shingon Buddhist temple, Honsenji features a number of well-known rituals and ceremonies that make a visit here a useful reminder of just how deep the city's religious and cultural histories are.
Famous for its bronze seated Jizo statue, the statue is one of six that were created and placed at the entrances to old Edo back when the city was starting its ascendancy. The statue was cast in the 18th century though the temple itself is said to have been established at the beginning of the 9th century before being rebuilt in the 17th century. Honsenji is consequently Shinagawa's oldest temple.
The temple is also known for its annual joya no kane bell ringing ritual. The temple's giant bell - which for some reason was taken out of the country only to be found in Switzerland before being returned in 1930 - is rung 108 times during the New Years festivities. Buddhist belief suggests that the ringing represents an expunging of the 108 worldly desires said to have accumulated over the previous year.
Another New Year tradition sees the monks of the temple perform the otakiage rite. Here, lucky charms and decorations of the previous year are ceremoniously burnt as an offering to begin the year anew. Fire walking occurs here during the Shukuba Festival in September while a gingko tree by the entrance gate is said to be around 600 years old and has been recognised by the city as a natural treasure.
- source : japantravel.com/tokyo/honsenji ...

. Edo Roku Jizo 江戸六地蔵 The Six Jizō Bosatsu of Edo .
Erected by priest 地蔵坊正元 Jizobo Shogen.
The Six Seated Statues of Jizo were constructed at the six gateways of Edo.

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. Suigetsu Kannon 水月観音 "Water Moon Kannon" .
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Kannon Gazing at the Moon in the Water. One of 33 Forms of Kannon.
The imagery is akin to the symbolism of the mirror -- i.e., it represents the emptiness of all phenomena (i.e., life is illusion), for the mirror does not represent reality -- it merely provides a reflection of reality. Thus, the mirror is a metaphor for the unenlightened mind deluded by mere appearances.
Also see the famous Buddhist parable from China known in Japan as Enkō Sokugetsu 猿猴捉月. Translated as "Catching the Moon’s Reflection," it tells a similar story of the unenlightened mind deluded by appearance, one evoking the emptiness of the moon’s reflection in water.
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- Homepage of the temple
- source : evam.ne.jp/honsenji ...
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- reference source : wanderingly.web ...

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

Saito Daigoma 柴灯大護摩 - Hiwatari Gyoji 火渡り荒行 Walking through fire

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Edo Roku Jizo 江戸六地蔵 The Six Jizō Bosatsu of Edo - Nr. 01 .

. 　東海三十三観音霊場 Tokai Kannon Pilgrimage - Nr. 21 .


　東海七福神（毘沙門天） Tokai Shichifukujin - Bishamonten
- reference source : tesshow tokai7 ...-

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This temple is Nr. 31 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩 .

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