Daijiji Kannon Otsuka

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. 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples in the Yamanote area
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Daijiji 大慈寺 Daiji-Ji - Otsuka
普門山 Fumonzan 天寿院 Tenju-In 大慈寺 Daijiji

豊島 大塚公園 / Toshima, Otsuka Park

This temple is now abandoned.
The main statue was 正観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.

It was probably founded in the Muromachi period (1336 - 1573).
Some sources quote 刑部卿局 Gyobukyo no Tsubone (1570 - 1661) as the founder.
Gyōbukyō no tsubone was the daughter of Azai Nagamasa (1545 - 1573).
Gyobukyo was the wet-nurse of 千姫 Princess Senhime.

The temple was restored around 1640.
The temple was abandoned around 1900.

In 大塚公園 the Otsuka Park is 庚申塔 a Koshin Stone monument at the place where the temple was.

. Kooshin 庚申 the Koshin Deity .

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Senhime 千姫 (1597 – 1666), or Lady Sen,
was the eldest daughter of the shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada and later the wife of Toyotomi Hideyori.
She was remarried to Honda Tadatoki after the death of her first husband.
Following the death of her second husband, she later became a Buddhist nun
under the name of Tenjuin (天樹院).
- more in the wikipedia -

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- Reference of the temple
- source : google
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This temple is Nr. 06 of the
. 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples in the Yamanote area

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

. Ootsuka 大塚 Otsuka "big mound" Bunkyo ward, Koishikawa .

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. 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples in the Yamanote area

. The Yamanote area in Edo / Tokyo .

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