Anzenji Kannon Aizumi

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Anzenji 安禅寺 / 安禪寺 Anzen-Ji, Aizumi
円通山 Entsuzan 正受院 Shoju-In 安禅寺 Anzenji

新宿区愛住町9-3 / Shinjuku, Aizumi

The main Kannon statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.
It was carved by 慈覚大師円仁 Jigaku Daishi Ennin .
In 1571, when 比叡山 the Temple Hieizan in Kyoto was torched,
a priest carried the statue on his back to a mountain retreat in Southern Gifu.
Around 1715 it came back to the Temple.
. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 (794 – 864) .

This temple was founded by a priest from the Nichiren sect in 1608 in 麹町清水谷 Shimizudani, Kojimachi district.
In 1634, it was relocated to its present place.
In 1659, a priest from the Tendai sect took over as head priest.
The name of the Temple was first written 安善寺 Anzen-Ji with 善,
and in 1751 changed to 安禅寺 Anzen-Ji with 禅.
In 1813 it was finally written 安禅寺 Anzen-Ji.

An important statue in the compound was Tankiri Jizo Bosatsu たん切り地蔵,
who was known to heal illness of the lungs.

When the temple was relocated, the statue of Jizo was also relocated.
At the end of WW II the temple burned down.

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- source : tendaitokyo.jp/jiinmei ...

- reference source : tesshow.jp ... -

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This temple is Nr. 25 of the
. . 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples along the Yamanote Line .

. 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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