Kannonkyoji Kannon Shibayama

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Kannonkyoji 観音教寺 Kannonkyo-Ji, Shibayama
芝山仁王尊 Shibayama Nio-son 観音教寺 Kannonkyoji

千葉県山武郡芝山町芝山298 / Chiba, Shibayama town, Shibayama

The main statue is 観音様 Kannon Bosatsu.

The temple was founded in 825 by 慈覚大師円仁 Jigaku Daishi Ennin.
It grew fast and now has more than 18 sub-temples.
Around 1180 it came under the protection of 千葉介平常胤 Chiba Tsunetane (1118 - 1201).
It was popular with people to come and make a wish.
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi brought the war to Odawara, it was burned down.
In the Edo period, it became one of the 18 important temples in the region.
It became famous to prevent fires and the Edo fire brigade came here regularly.
Normaly, statues of the two Nio Deities are at each side of the Main Gate.
But here they are inside the temple in front of the altar.
. Jigaku Daishi Ennin 慈覚大師仁円 .

The three-story pagoda is an important cultural property of Chiba.

- - - - - Other buildings in the compound:
不動堂 Fudo Hall
黒龍大王神（己巳尊）Hall for the Black Dragon King
芝山稲荷 Shibayama Inari Hall
山王社 Hall for the Sanno Deity
芝山天神 Hall for Shibayama Tenjin

芭蕉翁句碑 Haiku stone in memory of Matsuo Basho

観音の甍みやりつ花の雲
Kannon no iraka miyaritsu hana no kumo

Kannon Temple:
looking off at its tiled roof
in clouds of blossoms
Tr. Barnhill

Written in 1686 - 貞亨3年.
According to Kikaku, Basho wrote this when he was ill in Bed in Fukagawa.
It seems he could see the roof of Asakusa Kannon temple from his home, which is about 3.5 km away.
. Kannon and Haiku .

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omamori　お守り amulets

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
- source : niouson.or.jp ...
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 33 of the pilgrimage

. 新上総国三十三観音 New Kazusa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage .

. Kazusa Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 . - Nr. 34

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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