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. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .
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Chokokuji 長谷寺 Chokoku-Ji, Ariki
大悲山 Daihizan 長谷寺 Chokokuji
千葉県市原市海士有木1643 / Chiba, Ishihara town, Ama, Ariki
The main statue is 十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu.
Built on request of 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno (701 - 756).
Saint 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu travelled around Japan to built temples.
Nearby was a large kuzu no ki 楠樹 Camphora officinarum
which Gyoki used to make the statue of Kannon Bosatsu.
The temple was first called 大悲山自然寺 Daihizan Shizen-Ji.
Later 平将門 Taira no Masakado (903 - 940) renamed the temple.
大悲山長谷寺と書かれた扁額 name plate of the Temple
stone marker in the compound
Statue of Kannon Bosatsu in the compound
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shuin 朱印 stamp
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Also on the following pilgrimage :
. 新上総国三十三観音 New Kazusa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage . - Nr. 29
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This Temple is Nr. 10 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .
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