Yushima Kannon Shinjoin

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Yushima Kannon 湯島観音
湯島聖天 Yushima Shoten 柳井堂 Yanagii-Do 心城院 Shinjo-In

東京都文京区湯島３丁目3-32-4 / Bunkyo ward, Yushima

Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with eleven faces

The main deity of this temple is Daisho Kangiten 大聖歓喜天.
The temple belongs to the Tendai sect of Buddhism.
The temple used to belong to the 湯島天神 Yushima Tenjin shrine and was first called
Hoju Benzaiten Do 宝珠弁財天堂 Hall for Benzaiten.

In 1694, 宥海大僧都 Priest Yukai placed a statue of 歓喜天 （聖天さま） Kankiten (Shoten) in the Benten Hall.
. Kankiten, Kangiten 歓喜天 Shoten, Ganesh .
The statue had been carved by 慈覚大師円仁 Priest Ennin.
. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 (794 – 864) .


In the compound of the temple 心城院 Shinjo-In was the famous
yanagi no ido 柳の井戸 well of the willow tree

If the ladies washed their hair with this sacred water, their hair would become soft and shining -
at least in the legends of the Edo period.


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shuin 朱印 stamp

omamori お守り amulets

ema 絵馬 votive tablet


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. Yushima 湯島 Yushima district 　 .


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This temple is Nr. 7 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 .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon Bosatsu 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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