Kiyomizu Kannon Hall Ueno

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Kiyomizu Kannon Do 清水観音堂 Kiyomizu Kannon Hall - Ueno Park

東京都台東区上野公園 / 1-29 Uenokoen, 台東区 Taito City, Tokyo

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In 1625, the learned priest Tenkai erected, at this present location called Ueno, a group of temples known by the overall name of Toeizan Kan’ei-ji in consultation with the shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, for the purpose of protecting the northeastern gate “Kimon”* of the Edo Castle, known today as the Imperial Palace. The Kan’ei-ji Temple, under the strong and favorable patronage of the Tokugawa Shogunate, soon became the general headquarters of the Tendai-shu (one of the oldest sects of Buddhism in Japan).
Soon after that, they installed an imperial prince as the head priest. They called this priest, “Rinno-ji-no Miya” or “Ueno-no Miya.” “Miya” means “Prince.” Then many feudal lords under the Tokugawa Shogunate contributed in competition toward the building of the temples and holy structures affiliated with the Kan’ei-ji Temple. Most of these magnificent temples and holy buildings, which once symbolized the prosperity of the Tokugawa Shogunate, were destroyed in the Ueno Battle of 1868.
Now, only the Five-Storied Pagoda, Kiyomizu Kannon-do Temple, Kaizan-do Temple, the front gate of the old Rinno-ji Temple, and the cemetery of the successive Tokugawa Shoguns are vaguely reminiscent of the old grandeur of the Kan’ei-ji Temple.
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. Temple Kanei-Ji 寛永寺 - Ueno .

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Senju Kannon Bosatsu 千手観世音菩薩 Kannon with 1000 arms
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. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo

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. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo

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