Shinpoji Kannon Chiyoda Kojimachi

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Shinpooji 心法寺 Shinpo-Ji - Chiyoda, Kojimachi
常栄山　Joeizan 心法寺 Shinpoji

千代田区麹町6-4-1 / Chiyoda ward, Kojimachi

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来坐像 a statue of a seated Amida Nyorai.
The statue is about 109 cm large, made from cypress wood.

The temple was first erected in Mikawa around 560 and called 泰法寺 Taiho-Ji.
In 1597, 徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu had it moved to his new capital of Edo.
At that time, the name was changed to Shinpo-Ji.
The priest of the temple was 然翁聖山和尚.
In 1838 there was a fire at the temple, soon spreading to the Kojimachi district.
In 1874 it was re-erected but destroyed again during WWII.
There are some memorial stones of famous people in the compound, for example
伊澤弥総兵衛 Izawa Yasobei, 竹尾善筑 and 眞野是翁.

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Kannon Hall 観音堂

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. Yamanote Kannon Reijo 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage - Nr. 32.

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This temple is Nr. 15 of the
. 東京三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Tokyo

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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


. Koojimachi, Kōjimachi 麹町 / 麴町 Kojimachi district .

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. Join the Kannon Bosatsu Gallery on Facebook .

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. 東京三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Tokyo

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