Setagaya Kannon Shimouma

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Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji - Shimouma
世田谷山観音寺 Setagayazan Kannonji

Kannon-Ji, 不動堂 Fudo Hall
東京都世田谷区下馬4-9-4 / Tokyo, Setagaya ward, Shimouma

source : blog.livedoor.jp/takenoji ..
聖観音菩薩像

- Chant of the temple
ありがたや その名聞こえし 世田谷の 大悲したいて まいれもろびと

The temple has been erected in 1951 to memorize the soldiers who died in WWII.

In the compound is a large statue of a komainu 狛犬 Guardian Dog.
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観音寺特攻観音堂 Kannonji Tokubetsu Kogekitai Kannon
Setagaya Special Attack Peace Kannon

Two Special Attack Peace Kannon (Buddhist goddess of mercy) statues,
one for the Japanese Navy and the other for the Army, were created in 1952 and were the first tangible remembrances of the young men in both the Navy and Army who died in special (suicide) attacks during the Pacific War. Several former high-ranking officers supported their creation. These included Lieutenant General Michio Sugawara and General Masakazu Kawabe from the Army and Admiral Koshirō Oikawa, Admiral Sankichi Takahashi, and Vice Admiral Kinpei Teraoka from the Navy. The names of those men who died in special attacks were placed inside the two kannon statues.
In May 1955,
the two Special Attack Peace Kannon were moved to Setagaya Kannon Temple in Setagaya Ward of Tōkyō City. They were first housed in the temple's main hall but were moved to a separate hall in May 1956. The two kannon statues were originally just in remembrance of men who died in aerial special attacks, but later this was expanded to include special attacks by watercraft. There is a plaque in front of the Special Attack Kannon Hall that is engraved in both Japanese and English. The English portion reads:
"Tokubetsu Kōgekitai": In Memoriam
- More - source : kamikazeimages.net/monuments...

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shuin 朱印 stamp

omamori お守り amulets

- Homepage of the temple
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This temple is Nr. 32 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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. Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji Temple Legends .

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. 蓮葉山 Renyozan　妙智院 Myochi-In　観音寺 Kannon-Ji .
Tokyo 台東区谷中5-8-28 / 5-8-28 Yanaka, Taitō ward

. Matsuo Kannonji 松尾観音寺 Matsuo Kannon-Ji . - Ise

. 慈雲山 Jiunzan　蓮華院 Renge-In　観音寺 Kannon-Ji .
Tokyo 新宿区西早稲田1-7-1 / 1 Chome-7-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku ward

. 大悲山 Daihizan 　観音寺 Kannon-Ji .
Tokyo 新宿区高田馬場3-37-26　/ Shinjuku ward, Takadanobaba 3-37-26

. 海岸山 Kaiganzan 観音寺 Kannon-Ji .

. 圓國山　Enkokuzan 観音寺 Kannon-Ji .
横浜市都筑区池辺町2565 / Yokohama, Tsuzuki ward, Ikonobecho

. Daikannon-Ji 大観音寺 .
Tokyo 中央区日本橋人形町1-18-9 / Chuo ward, Nihonbashi, Ningyocho

. 神恵院観音寺 Jinnei-In Kannon-Ji .
Kagawa

. 白子山 Shirokozan 観音寺 Kannon-Ji.
三重県鈴鹿市寺家3-2-1 / Mie, Suzuka city, Jike


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