Sotokuji Kannon Futao

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Sootokuji 宗徳寺 Sotoku-Ji, Futao
清涼山 Seiryozan 宗徳寺 Sotokuji

亀山市両尾町208 /Kameyama city, Futao town

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon with eleven heads.

- Chant of the temple
Deep valley of Uchiyama is as deep as Goddess Kannon’s mercy and willingness
to grant the wishes of people who come to pray.

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The statue of Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) worshiped in Sōtoku-ji was made around 1100 years ago,
during the reign of 醍醐天皇 Emperor Daigo (885-930).
It was enshrined in a Kannon Hall which stood 100m (328ft) in the south-east direction from the current temple.
A river which flows there to this day – Daimongawa (Big Gate River) suggests
that a big gate was also standing in front of the Hall.
The Kannon Hall was moved to its current place in 1609, into precinct of this temple,
which at the time hold a different name 内山連蔵院 Naizan Renzō-in.
In 1992 all buildings where repaired and reroofed thanks to the support of many devoted believers.
In the close distance from Sōtoku-ji stands 金比羅堂 Konpira Hall devoted to
the God Konpira (guardian deity for seafarers, navigation, fishing, and water for agriculture).
Sōtoku-ji stands on higher ground from which the whole district of Futao can be seen.
The Three-Storied Stone Pagoda stands in the middle of the hill at the back of the complex
and is surrounded by trees. Pagoda is 2.29m (7ft6.1in) high, made from granite and consists of 6 carved stones.
The base is in the shape of a square, on which three stones
making the main part of the pagoda are standing on top of each other.
At top stands a finial. Unfortunately it has broken, but there rest of the pagoda is in good shape.
Half of the base stone is buried in the ground.
The first stone from the bottom is a 55cm (21.6in) high cuboid with reliefs depicting Buddhist figures on four sides.
Unfortunately being exposed to wind and rain for centuries, the reliefs eroded
and it is impossible to determine which Buddhas were originally carved in the stone.
Judging by the shape and other characteristics of this pagoda,
it is safe to assume that it was made around 800 years ago at the beginning of Kamakura period (1192-1333).
There is no way to tell who made it and why.
Was it placed here from beginning or was it brought from some other place?
Nevertheless it is a rare example of monument from 12th – 13th Century rarely found in Japan.
It is also an important proof of the Buddhist culture of the Kameyama area.
- source : isekannon.jp/otera_lis ...

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shuin　朱印 stamp

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
- reference source : isekannon.jp/english ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 22 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 and 1000 arms .

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