Mitsuzoin Kannon Otani

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Mitsuzooin 密蔵院 Mitsuzo-In, Otani
白山 Hakuzan / 大師山 Daishizan 密蔵院 Mitsuzoin

三重県津市大谷町260 / Mie, Tsu city, Otani town

The Kannon statue is 千手観世音菩薩 Senju Kannon Bosatsu.
made by Kukai Kobo Daishi.

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In ancient times the area belonging to the temple was call 白山 Hakusan (the White Mountain).
It was a praying place for the 2nd daimyo of Tsu province 藤堂高次 Todo Takatsugu (1602-1676),
who worshiped 白山妙理大権現 Hakuzan Myōri Daigongen (a manifestation of a Bodhisattva
in the form of a Shinto deity, originally a deity of Mount Haku one of Japan’s “Three Holy Mountains”).

source : 白山妙理権現 Hakusan Myori Gongen ...

During the Kanbun period (1661-1673) Takatsugu suffered from a disease believed to be a cause of a demon.
He called the high priest 朴心 Bokushin and ordered him to do exorcisms
so he would recovery from illness.
When Bokushin performed a secret incantations and prayers, Takatsugu immediately recovered from the illness.
He was very glad and decided to donate the land of Hakusan, build a temple
and enshrine his private small Buddhist statue in there.
This was the beginning of Mitsuzō-in.
In the 1st year of Meiji period (1868-1912) small halls of Shikoku 88 Sacred Grounds
were built in the mountain at the back of the Main Hall.
The main statue of Mitsuzō-in is Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon).
There are many events organized at the temple, such as
大法師会接待 Daihōshikai Settai (party of Grand Master Club),
御詠歌講 Goeika kō (fraternal group of Buddhist song of praise) and
数珠繰り行事 Juzukuri (Buddhist rosary reeling).
It is also a place of cultural exchange and is visited by many people.
Regrettably the temple lost its buildings and archives in a fire caused by a bombing of Tsu in 1945.
Because the main statue was evacuated from the temple it survived the war unharmed.
After the War the Main Hall and the Main Gate were rebuilt
and maintenance of the road leading to the temple was finished.
In 1980 a new Hakuzan Myōri Daigongen Hall was built on the mountain in the back of the temple.
The Main Hall enshrines the main statue of Senju Kannon, a statue of 弘法大師 Kūkai,
and a statue of 大黒天 Daikoku (God of wealth, farmers, food, and good fortune).
On the right side of the Main Hall stands a cloister called 恵音院 Keion-in.
In its Main Hall a statue of 文殊菩薩 Bodhisattva Monju (Bodhisattva of Supreme Wisdom) is enshrined.
A prayer for good school performance is also held in front of this hall.
There are two stone statues standing in front of the Main Hall of Mitsuzō-in temple:
不動明王 Fudō Myō-ō (Immovable Wisdom King) and 毘沙門天 Bishamon (God of Treasure, Wealth, & Warriors).
On the eastern side of the Hall stand a statue of 水子地蔵 Mizuko Jizō
(Bodhisattva Jizō as a guardian of unborn, aborted, miscarried, and stillborn babies).

Until 1945 the Main Hall of Keion-in cloister used to be a sub-temple of 恵日山津観音寺 Enichizan Tsu Kannon-ji temple.
After the War it was moved to Mitsuzō-in’s precinct.
On the 21st of January, March, September and December a 大数珠繰り Daijuzukuri ritual (Buddhist rosary reeling ritual) is held.
Dozens of people sit in a circle and pray chanting the Heart Sutra and passing around the rosary.
This ritual is a well-known traditional Japanese ritual called 百万遍数珠繰 Hyakumanben Juzu Kuri
(Ritual of praying a million times while reeling the Buddhist rosary).
Mitsuzō-in is a temple number 65 of 三重四国八十八ヵ所 Mie Shikoku 88 Temples Pilgrimage.
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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

On the 21st of January, March, September and December a 大数珠繰り Daijuzu kuri ritual
(Buddhist rosary reeling ritual) is held.
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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 65

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- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 16 of the pilgrimage
. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Kannon with 11 faces .

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