Tenryuji Kannon Shinjuku

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Tenryuuji, Tenryūji 天龍寺 Tenryu-Ji - Shinjuku
護本山 Gohonzan 天龍寺 / 天竜寺 Tenryuji

新宿区新宿4-3-19 / Shinjuku

The main statue is Senju Kannon 千手観音 with 1000 arms

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Tenryuji Temple is a burst of Edo Period history.
Like its cousin in Ueno, Tenryuji Temple's Bell of Time - known as toki no kane in Japanese - was used to keep time for the citizens of old Edo. The bell also served as a reminder for the customers of the nearby 'pleasure quarters' to leave the premises...
Established at the end of the 16th century,
the temple is closely associated with the Tokugawa Shogunate and was connected with the family temple of the father of Lady Saigo, Tokugawa Ieyasu's trusted concubine. Perhaps because of such political connections, a number of the temple's older features are still extant. The Bell of Time, now a Cultural Property of the city, of course still stands as does the romon-styled temple gate. Both structures are easily recognised by their distinctive designs, completely at odds with the modern buildings around them.
A cemetery can be found here and if you can, take note of the surrealistically aged tombstone markings and the standing Jizo statues.
The main hall of the temple, though a modern concrete-reinforced structure, is robustly handsome with crisp, clean designs.
Just outside of the temple at its base stands a statue of Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy.
- source : japantravel.com/tokyo/tenryuji-temple ...

. TOKI NO KANE 時の鐘 The Bell to Tell the Time .
Bells were the clocks of Old Edo. Every temple compound had one.

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- Reference of the temple
- source : en.japantravel.com
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This temple is Nr. 17 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 .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon Bosatsu with 1000 Arms.

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .


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右京区 Ukyo ward

. Tenryuuji 天龍寺 ―　天竜寺 Tenryu-Ji .
"Heavenly Dragon Temple" - Introduction
Susukinobaba-chō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto

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

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