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. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .
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Kannondoo 観音堂 Kannon-Do, Sugitani
元25 尾高山 Former Odakazan 観音堂 Kannondo
The Kannon statue is 十一面千手観音 Jūichimen Senju Kannon
- Chant of the temple
The fresh smell of the morning sun at the mountain ridge,
where clouds disappear and the sky clears up.
分けのぼるたかの峯に雲晴れて匂ふ朝日の影ぞさやけき
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Odaka Kannon is enshrined in a hexagonal hall, which stands on the Odaka plateau.
A mountain path, along which grow 300 year old hinoki 桧 cypress trees,
leads from the bottom to the front of the hall.
Inside the hall a wooden 1.7m (5ft6.9in) high statue of Jūichimen Senju Kannon (Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Kannon) is worshiped.
According to the legend it was made by a famous politician and promoter of Buddhism – 聖徳太子 Prince Shōtoku (574-622).
Among many devoted believers it is commonly known as 尾高の観音さん Kannon of Odaka.
A long time ago a woman from Sugitani valley climbed the mountain and found medicinal herbs.
After applying them, she lived a long and healthy life.
At some point in her life she devoted herself to Buddhism and started to worship Buddha Shakyamuni at the top of 国見岳 Mount Kunimi.
This was the beginning of Odakasan Kannon-dō temple.
Many years later the founder of Shugendō, the Path of Ascetic Training, named 役の小角 En no Ozunu
(also known as En no Gyōja, 643-701) was visiting the area during his preaching travel.
When he learned that Mount Kunimi is a sacred ground, he decided to repair the aged temple
and changed its name to 釈迦ケ岳 Shaka ga take (Mount of Shakyamuni).
In the end of 7th Century a statue of Jūichimen Senju Kannon was brought from 大官寺 Daikan-ji temple (currently 大安寺 Daian-ji)
which stood near 藤原京 Fujiwara-kyō, the capital at the time.
The statue was chosen among many other statues based on a Buddha’s providence.
This is how Jūichimen Senju Kannon became the main statue of Odakasan Kannon-dō.
A century later the stories of this Kannon’s miraculous power reached 桓武天皇 Emperor Kanmu (735-806).
He decided to build a new hall and a bell tower, he also decided to give a new name to the temple.
The name he granted was Odakasan Injō-ji.
In the end of the 8th Century a monk named Chōkō moved to the newly build temple
and became a protector of the famous statue.
He was a disciple of Saichō (767-822) – the founder of Tendai school of Buddhism,
and was supported by a powerful clan of Sasaki from the Ōmi province.
During the reign of 仁明天皇 Emperor Ninmyō (833-850) a famous scholar and poet
小野篁 Ono no Takamura (802-853) visited the temple and wrote a poem (which survived to this day).
It was also visited by 八幡太郎義家 Hachimantaro Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), a samurai famous for his skills and bravery,
which came to pray for a victory in his battle against the enemies of the Emperor.
According to the legend during his visit he donated 1000 koku (150t) of rice.
In 1163 a magnificent seven-structured temple compound consisting of the Main Hall , Shaka Hall (Hall of Shakyamuni), Sutra Hall, Fūdō Hall (Hall of Fudō Myō-ō – the Immovable Wisdom King), Daishi Hall (Hall of Kūkai), Lecture Hall, Founder Hall
and the Main Gate was built thanks to a long time support of 藤原養敬 Fujiwara Yōkei, a member of a powerful Fujiwara clan.
In the 2nd half of the 16th Century, the whole complex burned down
after it was set on fire by the troops of 織田信長 Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582).
Fortunately the main statue was saved.
It was later enshrined in a small hall which was built by Fujiwara clan at the site of the temple.
The current hexagonal hall was built in 1815 by 増田兵蔵 Masuda Heizō from 杉谷 the Sugitani valley.
It enshrines the main statue of Jūichimen Senju Kannon and a statue of 役の小角 En no Ozunu.
- source : isekannon.jp/otera_list ...
. En-no-Gyôja 役行者 (Jimpen Dai-Bosatsu) (634 - 706) .
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- - - - - Reference of the temple
- source : town.komono.mie.jp ...
- reference source : isekannon.jp/english ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -
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This temple is Nr. former 25 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 Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .
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. Temples with legends .
. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .
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