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2023/05/14

Kannon-In Fudo Yanagisaki

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Kannonin 観音院 Kannon-In, Yanagisaki
大慈山 Daijizan 東光寺 Toko-Ji 観音院 Kannonin
埼玉県川口市柳崎4-11-30 / Saitama, Kawaguchi city, Yanagisaki

The temple was built in 1366.
Acording to old records, in 1571 when the war lord 織田信長 Oda Nobunaga
burned 比叡山延暦寺 the temple Enryaku-Ji at Mount Hieizan,
the head priest 恵海 Emi carried the statue of 子安観音 Koyasu Kannon on his back and fled.
The statue of Kannon is now in a miniature shrine.
In front of it stands a small statue of 不動尊 Fudo Myo-O.
In former times there was also 不動堂 a Hall for Fudo Myo-O.
The main hall was rebuilt in concrete in 1976.

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Adachi Bando 33 Kannon 足立坂東三十三ヶ所霊場 . - Nr. 07

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This Temple is Nr. 97 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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. Kita Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 .

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2023/05/08

Kannonji Mie Jike

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Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji, Jike
白子山 Shirokozan, 観音寺 Kannonji, Koyasu Kannon-Ji
三重県鈴鹿市寺家3-2-1 / Mie, Suzuka city, Jike

The Kannon statue is 白衣観世音菩薩 Byakue Kannon Bosatsu with white robes.
It is also called 子安観音 Koyasu Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
おん しべいてい しべいてい はんだら ばしに そわか

The temple was founded in 751 by 道證上人 Saint Dosho.
It was built on request of 藤原不比等 Fujiwara Fuhito (659 - 720).
An ancient Shingon Buddhist temple founded some 1,300 years ago,
the temple's principal object of worship, a statue depicting a white robe-clad Kannon,
is said to grant women worshippers an easy childbirth.
The temple grounds are also the location of the 不断櫻 Fudanzakura,
a National Natural Monument-designated cherry tree
which continues to bloom and which never loses its leaves throughout the year.


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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

1月1日~3日 修正会
二月節分の日  節分会
3月初午の日  初午大法会
4月17日   不断桜供養会
8月10日   十日観音会式 午前零時ご開扉
8月17日   盆観音会式
11月15日  七五三祝
毎月      お誕生法祝会

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
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- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -



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This temple is Nr. 16 of the pilgrimage
. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 .
. Kannon-Ji in Jike, more photos .

. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海 (774 - 835) .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Byakue Kannon 白衣観音 Kannon with White Robes .

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2023/03/28

Shigisan Betsuin Kannon Mie Ikuwa

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Shigisan Betsuin 信貴山別院 Shigisan Betsu-In, Ikuwa
生桑山 Ikuwazan 信貴山別院 Shigisan Betsuin 千福寺 Senpuku-Ji
四日市市生桑町1825-1 / Yokkaichi, Ikuwa town

The main statue is 毘沙門天王 Bishamon Ten.

- Chant of the temple
おん べいしら まんだや そわか

The temple was founded in 736 by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu
on request of 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno (in duty 724~49).
Gyoki named the temple 長松山 Nagamatsuzan、永代寺 Eitai-Ji, but it was later lost to fire.
Around 1300 (in the Kamakura period) it was revitalized by
Priest 虎関国師, who placed a stone statue of 石仏の毘沙門天王 Bishamonten in the compound.
During the Meiji restauration, priest 定峯和尚 from the temple 伊勢国 密厳寺 Mitsugon-Ji in Ise took care of the statue.
In 1958, the temple was revitalized as 大和信貴山 Yamato Shigisan and named
千福寺 Senpuku-Ji.
In 1977 the main hall was built and called the statue called いくわの毘沙門さん Ikuwa no Bishamon San.
THe present wooden statue of Bishamon Ten is 81 cm and
was made from cypress wood in the Kamakura period (1189 - 1333).

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

1月1日~3日    修正会
4月8日       花まつり
5月8日、11月8日 本尊御開帳
7月盆        施餓鬼供養
12月31日     終法要

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
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This temple is Nr. 06 of the pilgrimage
. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 .

. Bishamon-Ten 毘沙門天 .
多聞天 Tamonten (Vaishravana)

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2023/03/22

Kazusa Kannon Pilgrimage

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新上総国三十三観音 New Kazusa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage
新上総國三十三観音 / 新上総国33観音


This pilgrimage was established in 1996.

Chiba 千葉県

01 高蔵寺 Kozo-Ji(聖観世音)木更津市矢那1245
02 善雄寺 Zenyu-Ji (聖観世音)木更津市茅野683-1
03 丸野山円明院 Marunozan Enmyo-In(琵琶首十一面観世音)市原市牛久905 - . 03 円明院 Enmyo-In .
04 空蔵院 Kuzo-In(如意輪観世音)君津市南子安2-1-31(旧長福寿寺) . 04 空蔵院 Kuzo-In .
05 歓喜寺 Kangi-Ji(聖観世音)長生郡睦沢町寺崎1932
06 玉泉寺 Gyokusen-Ji(千手観世音)長生郡長南町市野々3204
07 最明寺 Saimyo-Ji (聖観世音)夷隅郡御宿町須賀668 . -07 最明寺 Saimyo-Ji .
08 円如寺 Ennyo-Ji(十一面観世音)君津市小市部127 . 08 円如寺 Ennyo-Ji .
09 圓明院 Enmei-In(沙羅観世音)君津市山本1535

10 長泉寺 Chosen-Ji(聖観世音)君津市大井39
11 久原寺 Kuhara-Ji(聖観世音)君津市西猪原243
12 興源寺 Kogen-Ji(千手観世音)富津市東大和田12
13 吉祥寺 Kichijo-Ji(十一面観世音)富津市金谷2413
14 不動院 Fudo-In(聖観世音)富津市竹岡364
15 圓鏡寺 Enkyo-Ji(聖観世音)富津市八幡358
16 像法寺 Zoho-Ji(聖観世音)富津市鶴岡719
17 寶龍寺 / 宝竜寺 Horyu-Ji(十一面観世音)富津市宝竜寺454
18 岩富寺 Iwatomi-Ji(千手観世音 Senju Kannon)富津市亀沢135 . 18 岩富寺 Iwatomi-Ji .
19 最勝福寺 Saishofuku-Ji(如意輪観世音)君津市新御堂69 . 19 最勝福寺 Saishofuku-Ji .

20 正法院 Shoho-In(聖観世音)富津市西大和田647
21 萬福寺 Manpuku-Ji(聖観世音)富津市篠部937
22 醫光寺 - 医光寺 Iko-Ji(千手観世音)富津市富津1800
23 東福寺 Tofuku-Ji(千手観世音)富津市富津75
24 自在寺 Jizai-Ji(十一面観世音)木更津市東太田2-9-25
25 新宿不動堂 Shinjuku Fudo-Do(聖観世音)木更津市新宿12-15 . 25 Shinjuku Fudo Do 新宿不動堂 .
26 金勝寺 Kinsho-Ji(十一面観世音)木更津市万石176-1
27 飯富寺 Itomi-Ji (十一面千手観世音)袖ヶ浦市飯富2586
28 学道寺遍照院 Gakudo-Ji Henjo-In (十一面観世音)市原市海保769
29 大悲山長谷寺 Chokoku-Ji (十一面観世音)市原市海士有木1643 . 29 長谷寺 Chokoku-Ji (Hasedera)

30 六高山信隆寺 Rokukozan Shinryu-Ji(聖観世音)市原市諏訪1-7-11
31 釋蔵院傳燈寺 / 釈蔵院 Shakuzo-In Dento-Ji (聖観世音)市原市能満582-1 . 31 釋蔵院 Shakuzo-In .
32 不動院 Fudo-In(十一面観世音)山武市成東2551 . 32 不動院 Fudo-In .
33 観音教寺 Kannonkyo-Ji(十一面観世音)山武郡芝山町芝山298

番外 bangai 医王山 Iozan 国分寺 Kokubun-Ji


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2023/03/10

Daifukudenji Kannon Higashikata

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Daifukudenji 大福田寺 Daifukuden-Ji, Higashikata
神寶山 Shinpozan, 大福田寺 Daifukudenji 番外 bangai - extra
桑名市東方1426 / Kuwana city, Higashikata

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

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According to the legend Daifukuden-ji was founded by
a famous politician and promoter of Buddhism 聖徳太子 Prince Shōtoku (574-622).
It was called Daijingū-ji and originally stood in 伊勢山田 Ise Yamada.
The temple was directly connected to the Ise Shrine and was visited by Emperor Tenmu (631-686),
Empress Jitō (645-703) and 聖武天皇 Emperor Shōmu (701-756) during their travels to Ise.
In Tenchō period (824-834) it became a practice ground for Shingon school of Buddhism
after Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774-835), the founder of Shingon sect,
taught the principles of Esoteric Buddhism during his visit.
In the times of Emperor Junna (786-840) the temple was chosen as an official place
that would pray for the Emperor. 宇多天皇 Emperor Uda (867-931) also visited Daijingū-ji during his travels
and used to stay at the abbot’s chambers.
Since his visit the official name of the temple was changed to 法皇院 Hōkō-in (Cloistered Emperor’s Temple).
In 1052 冷泉天皇 Emperor Goreizei (1025-1068) organized a mass chanting of sutras by 1000 monks in the temple.
The prayer was conducted together with a ritual offering of a wand with hemp and paper streamers to Ise Shrine.
Until the mid-19th Century Daifukuden-ji was officially praying
for each generation of the Emperor and for the Imperial family members.
Because of that the temple was allowed to use the Imperial family crest – a chrysanthemum.
During the Kōan period (1278-1289) the temple burned down.
It was rebuilt in the Kambe (currently Daifuku) area of Kuwana
thanks to the cooperation of the official of the Ise Shrine
and a protector of Yamato province 額田部実澄 Nukatabe no Sanezumi (he was a descendant of
Kadokane – developer and landowner of Kuwana Kambe area), and Ninshō,
a monk and founder of Gokuraku-ji temple in Sagami province.
Emperor Gouda (1267-1324) donated new land to the temple,
made it his official praying place and gave it a new name – 福田寺 Fukuden-ji.
It earned respect of Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358),
the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate,
and was given a new character meaning “big, great” to add to its name.
Since that moment the temple’s official name became Daifukuden-ji.
During the Meiō period (1492-1501) Daifukuden-ji countless times
suffered from fires caused by war and at one point it fell into ruin.
The temple was rebuilt as a complete seven-structured temple compound in 1501,
after its abbot Eiki gathered donations around the country.
In 1503 its main statue was also remade and enshrined.
Thanks to the official document issued by the Imperial house in 1567
and prohibiting anyone from entering the temple’s grounds,
Daifukuden-ji was speared during the battles between 1570 and 1592.
However due to impoverishment of the surrounding lands, the temple had fallen into decay again.
In the following years the temple’s buildings were flooded many times,
that is why in 1662 the abbot named Shinnin decided to move the temple to its current location.
There are two halls in the temple.
The one seen up front when entering the temple through the main gate is the Main Hall.
Inside Buddha Amida (Buddha of Infinite Light), also called Hiki Amida (Pulled Amida),
is enshrined as the main statue. There are also three statues of his attendants:
Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon), Shō Kannon (Sacred Kannon),
Bodhisattva Monju (Bodhisattva of Supreme Wisdom), and a statue of Kūkai.
On the south side of the Main Hall stands the Hall of Prayers.
There are two statues inside, a personal statue of Kuwana province daimyo
松平定信 Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759-1829)
depicting Shōten (Kankiten, Ganesha, a god of conjugal harmony and long life),
and a statue of bad luck expelling Fudō Myō-ō (Immovable Wisdom King).
Daifukuden-ji is visited by many people during the days of the temple’s festival known as Shōten of Kuwana.
The festival is held on the 1st and 16th day of every month.
Daifukuden-ji has many treasures in its possession.
Among them a Hassō Jōdō Ezu (painting of the eight major events in the life of the Buddha Shaka)
form Kamakura period (1192-1333), a painting titled 當山再建勧進縁起 Tōzan Saiken Kanjin Engi
(Story of preaching and reconstruction of Daifukuden-ji)
created by 三条西実隆 Sanjōnishi Sanetaka in Muromachi period (1333-1573), and
忍性上人自画像 Ninshō Shōnin Jigazō (Self portrait of the Holy priest Ninshō),
which are all designated as National Important Cultural Properties.
The statue of Shō Kannon is also called 合せ観音 Awase Kannon (Joint Kannon).
According to the legend Goddess Amaterasu (Goddess of the Sun) and
Kasuga Myōjin (the deity of Kasuga Shrine in Nara) decided to send a divination
and ask two Korean Buddhist sculptors – brothers 稽文會と稽主勲 Kei Mone and Kei Shukun,
to each make a half of a statue of Shō Kannon and bring it to Japan.
They did as asked and both of them met at the riverbank of Miyagawa river,
each carrying a half of a statue.
When they tried to join the halves, they discovered that they match perfectly.
It is said that this statue of Joint Shō Kannon was created according to the joint will
of two Shinto gods – Goddess Amaterasu and Kasuga Myōjin.
Daifukuden-ji is a temple number 1 of Mie Shikoku 88 Temples Pilgrimage
and one of the Ise Seven Temples of Luck enshrining Daikoku
(God of Wealth, Farmers, Food, and Good Fortune).
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. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 Pilgrimage . - Nr. 01
and Ise Seven Temples of Luck enshrining Daikoku (God of Wealth, Farmers, Food, and Good Fortune).
伊勢七福神霊場「大黒天」

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

. 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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2023/03/05

Tado Kannondo Tado

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Tado Kannondoo 多度観音堂 Tado Kannondo Hall, Tado
多度山Tadozan, 法雲寺 Hounji, 観音堂 Kannondo
桑名市多度町多度山下1613 / Haruna city, Tado town, Tadosan shita

There are two Kannon statues :
十一面観世音 Juichimen Kannon
and 千手観世音 Senju Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
Washinokura is where I take off my pilgrim’s vest
which protected me during the pilgrimage.
今まではおやとたのみしおひづるを脱て納むるわしのくらにて(


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The history of Tado Kannon-dō starts in 763, when a monk called 満願禅師 Mangan (720-816)
built a practice ground in the 鷲の倉 Washinokura area east of Tado Shrine.
He enshrined a 4.85m high statue of Buddha, prayed and practiced.
One night he got a divination from Amatsuhikone, a Shinto god
and a 3rd son of Goddess of the Sun Amaterasu, and was told to build a temple.
Mangan traveled around the area and gathered donations.
When he got enough he went back to Washinokura, built a hall and
enshrined Amatsuhikone as a Bodhisattva Tado in it.
Soon a bell tower with a bronze bell was donated by a district headman 水取月足 Mizutori Tsukitari,
and a three-storied pagoda was founded by 主新麻呂 Agatanushi Nimaro from Mino province.
With these three buildings the basic structure of a Buddhist temple was finished.
In 780 by the order of the Emperor a monk called 法教禅師 Hōkyō was chosen to expand the temple.
In 781 Hōkyō started a preaching tour to gather donations
around four provinces: Ise, Mino, Owari and Shima.
Next he built a Lecture Hall and living quarters for monks.
Then he gathered ritual objects, tools and other necessary items.
The temple started to function properly and soon it received donation in form of rice fields and land.
In 839 the Emperor decided to make it a sub-temple of Tendai school.
In 849 the temple changed the school to Shingon and was given a name Hōun-ji.
Hōun-ji appears in the 10th Century book about laws and customs 延喜式 Engishiki (Procedures of the Engi Era, 905),
which was edited by 藤原時平 Fujiwara no Tokihira.
It states: Hōun-ji will be treated as a Provincial sub-temple, and there are 10 monks
who received the official certificates from the government.
The temple grew and flourished.
The 16th Century abbot of the temple reported that Hōun-ji consists of more than 70 sub-temples
and more than 300 monks live in its precinct.
The temple was not only a place of prayer, but also a school for many young monks and a cultural center of the area. In Kamakura period (1192-1333), between the years of 1211 and 1213,
the temple was set on fire by a group of thieves that burst into it.
In 1489 due to the Nankai earthquake a landslide occurred at the mountain.
As a result Hōun-ji temple was buried in the ground.
But according to the records kept by a clan of 多度大社 Tado Shrine priests – 小串氏 the Ogushi clan,
the temple was rebuilt and between 1532 and 1555 more than 70 sub-temples operated in its precinct.
Not long after Jōdo Shinshū school Buddhsits from Nagashima started an uprising against the samurai class
and especially Oda Nobunaga (later regarded as the first “Great Unifier” of Japan).
They even made special prayers at Tado Shrine to curse their enemy.
In 1571 Oda Nobunaga’s army led by 柴田勝家 Shibata Katsuie and 氏家常陸介 Ujiie Naomoto
marched in this area and burned all buildings belonging to Tado Shrine and Hōun-ji temple.
The temple and the shrine ceased to exist in the end of the 16th Century.
Their land was confiscated as a result of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s nationwide land survey. In the beginning of 17th Century the daimyo of Kuwana province 本多忠勝 Honda Tadakatsu (1548-1610)
revived the Tado Shrine. In 1617 the next daimyo 松平定勝 Matsudaira Sadakatsu (1560-1624)
brought an altar of 愛宕神 Shinto deity Atago (a protector against fires) from Kakegawa in Tōtōmi province
and placed it in the shrine.
In 1653 a monk named 良心法師 Ryōshin, the new abbot of Hōun-ji,
gathered donations and managed to rebuild the temple.
It was placed in Tado Shrine jurisdiction.
At the beginning of Meiji period (1868-1912) Hōun-ji temple was closed
due to the new law ordering the separation of Buddhism and Shinto (shinbutsu bunri).
A new Kannon Hall was built at the river bank of 落葉川 Ochiba river, a sacred river of Tado Shrine,
and two statues of Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) and
Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) were enshrined inside.
In 1900 due to severe rain fall the Kannon Hall was washed away.
In the following year a new smaller hall was built in its place
and two surviving statues were once again enshrined inside.
In 1905 the current Kannon Hall was rebuilt
and new ritual objects were place inside thanks to donations of the worshipers.
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This temple is Nr. 33 of the pilgrimage
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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .
and 十一面観世音 Juichimen Kannon

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2023/01/25

Kangakuji Kannon Yata

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Kangakuji 勧学寺 Kangaku-Ji, Yata
走井山 Hashiriizan, 勧学寺 Kangakuji
三重県桑名市大字矢田266 / Mie, Kuwana city, Yata (Yada)

The Kannon statue is 千手観音 Senju Kannon with 100 arms.

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According to the legend Kangaku-ji was founded in the times of 聖武天皇 Emperor Shōmu (724-749)
by 行基菩薩 Gyōki (668-749), a famous monk who traveled around Japan to preach to commoners.
Until 16th Century the temple was located at the bottom of the 走井山 Mount Hashirii on its northern side.
The main statue of Kangaku-ji is a statue originally enshrined at 海善寺 Kaizen-ji,
a temple which was located in the same area, and moved after Kaizen-ji was closed.
The statue representing Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) is 165.3cm high
and believed to be made in the 11th Century.
矢田市郎左右衛門 Yata Ichirōsaemon, a 16th Century Lord of 矢田城主 Yata Castle,
was known for a strong religious devotion towards this Kannon.
His castle, which was home for Yata clan, used to stand at the top of the Mount Hashirii.
But after the troops of Oda Nobunaga attacked the castle in 1577,
the head of the clan Yata Toshimoto was forced to commit suicide and the castle turned to ruin.
According to the historical records, Kangaku-ji was moved to the former location of Yata Castle
somewhere between 1615 and 1624.
A very religious man named 半弥 Hanya, a vassal to the Lord of Mino province 本多忠政 Honda Tadamasa,
donated a large gold coin and helped the temple change its place from the bottom of the mountain to the top.
The temple complex was finally rebuilt at the new place in the second half of the 17th Century,
at the times when 松平定重 Matsudaira Sadashige (1644-1717) was in charge of Kuwana province.
Between 1870 and 1880 the temple was closed and all the buildings fell into ruin.
But thanks to the local community of believers, Kangaku-ji was rebuilt and reopened once again.
Since then it became famous for a dragon painting on the sealing of the Main Hall
and the large size votive tablet.
The dragon is called 水飲み龍 “Water Drinking Dragon” and according to the legend
it used to sneak out and break the nearby houses in search for water.
People had enough of him and nailed him down to the sealing.
Even though the color of the painting has faded and it is hard to recognize the shape,
but the nail holes are still traceable.
Kangaku-ji temple’s complex consists of: the Main Hall,
太子堂 Taishi Hall (Hall devoted to Prince Shōtoku, originally from 1764-1772, rebuilt in 1991),
地蔵堂 Jizō Hall (Hall of Jizō – Bodhisattva who looks over children, travelers and the underworld),
the 鐘楼堂 Bell Tower, 庚申塚 Kōshin mound (a mound devoted to Shōmen Kongō – deity who protects against diseases),
the 仏足石 Stone with Buddha’s Footprints (made in 17th or 18th Century).
The main statue of Senju Kannon and the Stone with Buddha’s Footprints
are both designated as a Mie Prefecture Cultural Properties.
Every year on the 9th and 10th of August a ritual called 十日観音 Tōka Kannon (Kannon of the 10th day)
is held and many believers gather to participate in the prayer.
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Mie Shikoku 88 Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場

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This temple is Nr. 31 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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2023/01/20

Andoji Kannon Kuwana

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Andoji 安渡寺 Ando-Ji, Kuwana
星川山 Hoshikawazan, 安渡寺 Andoji
三重県桑名市星川448-10 / Mie, Kuwana city, Hoshikawa

The Kannon statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
The stars reflecting on the water, looks like a calm river easy to cross.
天津星川瀬に影のうつる夜はやすの渡りと見ゆるものかな


This temple is designated as Cultural Property of Kuwana city. 桑名市文化財指定.

The main statue enshrined at Ando-ji temple is a 10th Century 38cm (14.96in) high Shō Kannon (Sacred Kannon)
made from a single piece of hinoki 檜材 cypress.
The wooden halo attached to the back of the figure together with the lotus pedestal are 57cm (22.44in) high.
It is assumed that originally the statue was painted to some extent but none of the coloring is left on it anymore.
Goddess Kannon is holding a lotus flower in its left hand.
The right hand is half raised to the chest in symbolic gesture of fearlessness 施無畏手 (Abhaya Mudra).
The face looks is gentle with a delicate smile.
The pattern on the robes of the statue faded away and it is hard to tell what clothes was this Kannon wearing.
It was probably decorated in a style typical for Esoteric Buddhism.
The simple carving at the back or the deep carving used in the shoulders area or at the bottom of the statue
is also typical for Buddhist statues of this size.
Together with the restored lotus pedestal and boat-shaped halo it reflects the style of 10th Century Buddhist sculptures.
Shō Kannon is not one of the 33 manifestations of Goddess Kannon,
but rather represents the root, unchangeable, pure, noble, sacred form of Kannon.
The main statue of Ando-ji was made from fragrance wood.
Since the 9th Century Tendai temples treated these small statues as second important statues at the altar.
Many of these beautiful sculptures were made and some even survived to our times.
Without any doubt the Kannon enshrined at Ando-ji is one of them.
Since ancient times Ando-ji was one of sub-temples of Tendai sect
and was known as 星川の観音さん Kannon of Hoshikawa.
Historical records mentioning this name were found inside a statue of Buddha Amida.
This statue, designated as Yokkaichi city Important Cultural Property, is enshrined in Zenkyō-ji temple of Tomida district.
A diary titled 作善日誌 Sakuzen Nisshi and written by 藤原実重 Fujiwara Saneshige mentions the name at least two times.
It states: 2nd year of Jōō period (1223) – offering of 100 sen for the roof of the Hoshikawa temple’s hall;
2nd year of Karoku period (1226) October – offering of 100 sen for a hot water boiling pot,
2800 rolls of Heart Sutra chanted.
These two entries tells us that at the beginning of the 13th Century there was a Kannon Hall at the temple,
and that water for making food was boiled.
Ando-ji has a goeika 御詠歌 (song of praise recited at the end of Buddhist ceremony):
The stars reflecting on the water (in Japanese hoshikawa, it is also the name of the mountain),
looks like a calm river easy to cross (in Japanese ando, it is the name of the temple).
Kannon of Ando-ji is especially known as Koyasu Kannon (goddess of childbirth and guardian of children)
and many women come to ask her for help.
She is also worshiped by local people as a fortune bringer and protector against bad luck.
Each year on the 10th of January a prayer called Hatsu Kannon-e (first Kannon prayer of the New Year)
is held, during which monk and the believers pray for safety of the households, good fortune and expelling of bad luck.
Another popular festival called Tōka Kannon 十日観音 (Kannon of the 10th day) or
Tōka Bon (the 10th day Festival of the Dead) is also held every year on the 10th of August.

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This temple is Nr. 30 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 .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩

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2023/01/16

Shoboji Kannon Fujiwara

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Shoobooji 聖寶寺 / 聖宝寺 Shobo-Ji, Fujiwara
鳴谷山 Meikokuzan, 聖宝寺 Shoboji
三重県いなべ市藤原町坂本981 / Inabe city, Fujiwara town, Sakamoto

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

The temple was founded in 807 by Saicho.
Meikokuzan Shōbō-ji is a Zen temple which enshrines Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) as its main statue.
Even though it currently belongs to Rinzai sect 妙心寺 Myōshin-ji branch of Zen Buddhism,
it was constructed by a founder of Tendai school of Buddhism Saichō (767-822) in 807.
Unfortunately in the second half of the 16th Century, during the march of Oda Nobunaga troops
led by 滝川一益 Takigawa Kazumasu (1525 - 1586), many shrines and temples in Inabe district
were set on fire and lost most of its buildings.
Shōbō-ji was no different. After set on fire in February 1580,
the temple founded by Saichō had lost its 1000 years history.
In the 17th Century an era of 250 years of peace and stability had begun.
This is also when Rinzai school Zen master 愚堂国師 Gudō Kokushi (1577 – 1661) rebuilt Shōbō-ji.
Its history as a Zen temple started in 1658 and continues as such to this day.
One more place worth seeing when visiting Shōbō-ji temple is its garden.
Originally it was created in Heian period (794-1192) and miraculously
most of it was saved to this day in its original shape.
By visiting the temple’s garden it is possible to experience the elegant design and taste of long lost antiquity.
- source : isekannon.jp/otera_list_en/syoboji...

. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822).

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This temple is Nr. 29 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 .

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2023/01/10

Hoshoji Kannon Maita

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Hooshooji 宝性寺 Hosho-Ji, Maita
龍王山 Ryuozan, 宝性寺 Hoshoji
四日市市蒔田2-12-26 / Yokkaichi, Maita (Makita)

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

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The history of the Hōshō-ji starts in 740 with a visit of Emperor Shōmu (701-756) in this area.
The Emperor, being on his way to 朝明行宮 temporary palace in Asake, took a break in Maita village
and ordered the construction of Hōshō-ji temple.
To this day two areas 300m west from the current temple’s site
are still called Hōshō-ji and 堂前 Dōmae (In front of the temple hall).
Hōshō-ji was an impressive complete seven-structured temple compound
built in the middle of 28km2 terrain covered in dense forest.
The temple enshrined Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) as its main statue.
The statue was carved by 良弁僧正 Ryōben (689-773) the founder of Ishiyama-dera temple in Ōmi province.
For many years Hōshō-ji flourished and gathered devoted believers.
Unfortunately it was burned down in 1568 during fights between 滝川一益 Takigawa Kazumasu,
a samurai retainer to Oda Nobunaga, and the troops of local daimyo.
A small hall was built at the temple’s grounds but it burned down again
in the fire that broke out in the winter of 1711.
The Main Hall, which stands to this day, was built in June 1719
donated by the 6th daimyo of Kuwana province 松平忠雅 Matsudaira Tadamasa (1683-1746).
To this day Hōshō-ji temple is very popular among the believers, who refer to it as
蒔田観音 Makita Kannon (Kannon of Makita).
Designated as Tangible Cultural Property of Yokkaichi city, 1977 October 6th.


Temple’s treasure: The history of the Main Statue
The statue enshrined at Hōshō-ji is a Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) carved by Ryōben.
It was made at the same time as the statue of Kannon in Ishiyama-dera temple in Shiga prefecture.
For a certain reason it was brought here to Hōshō-ji and has been worshiped here ever since.
During the night of the 15th of February 1711 Goddess Kannon appeared in a dream of two people:
Tangei of Chōmyō-ji temple and village headman 庄屋甚五兵衛 Jingobē.
She told them: There is a fire at the temple and the base of the statue is already starting to burn.
Come quick and prevent the fire from spreading.
After having the divination they suddenly woke up.
They rushed to the temple and saw that the main statue was already entwined with smoke and couldn’t be seen.
They wanted to put out the fire but there was no water to use anywhere around them.
There was just one big bucket standing in front of the hall
and the water started to flow from it continuously.
They used the water to extinguish the fire and save the Kannon statue.
Without question the water had to be sent by the Goddess.
Both of them wept tears of joy.
Many more miracles happened at this temple but there is no space here left for them.
Truly Goddess Kannon keeps her vow of great compassion and mercy.
She clears away desire, ill will and ignorance of people, grants them happiness and long life.
Kannon vowed to bring love and respect among people, grant long life,
happiness and ease at present and in the future.
The Main Hall is a 5.4m2 tall building with a hipped roof.
It was registered as Yokkaichi city’s Tangible Cultural Property in 1977.

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This temple is Nr. 28 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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2023/01/06

Chokoji Kannon Tomida

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Chookooji 長興寺 Choko-Ji, Tomida
富田山 Tomidazan 長興寺 Chokoji
四日市市富田3-1-16 / Yokkaichi Tomida

The Kannon statue is 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon.

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It is believed that the temple’s history started in Yōrō period (717-724)
with an enshrinement of Buddha Yakushi (Buddha of Medicine and Healing).
According to the legend, six years later a monk named 泰澄大師 Taichō, who was on a pilgrimage around the country,
stayed here for the night. In his dream he saw Buddha Yakushi,
who told him: Make a Buddhist statue from the big tree up front and save people.
When he woke up, he looked at the tree and saw an image of Dainichi Nyorai (Great Illuminating Buddha) in it.
He did as he was told in his dream and carved a statue of Dainichi Nyorai in one day and one night.
Because the statue was granting all types of peoples’ wishes, very quickly a temple was built around it.
In July of 817 the temple was rebuilt by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi Kūkai (774-835), the founder of Shingon sect.
In 1242 a monk named 満月上人 Mangetsu became a new temporary abbot.
He added a new building to the complex and named the temple 北島長興寺 Kitajima Chōkō-ji.
At the beginning this temple was used as a shelter for the poor, sick, and for the orphans.
Since the 9th Century it belonged to Tendai school of Buddhism but in 1545,
when the Lord of Tomida castle 南部兼綱 Nambu Kanetsuna rebuilt this temple
and made it his bodai-ji (a temple performing ceremonies for the souls of clan members),
it changed to Sōtō branch of Zen Buddhism.
In September of the same year Kanetsuna presented a small bell and a gong to 照山 Shōzan, the abbot of Chōkō-ji.
Since then the temple was protected by the Lords of the nearby castle.
On the 28th of May 1564, during the times of abbot 鉄門和尚 Tetsumon,
the temple was moved from Kitajima area to a former site of Tomida castle.
At the time it probably used to stand just beside the 鳥出神社 Toride Shrine
but had to be moved to the current location due to construction of the Kansai line train tracks.
In October of 1568 the temple lost its buildings during Oda Nobunaga’s assault on Ise province.
In 1573 all Buddhist statues including Bishamon (God of Treasure, Wealth, and Warriors)
and Goddess Kannon were deposited at Tarusakasan Kannon-ji.
The Main Hall of Chōkō-ji was rebuilt once again in 1766 and in the following year
it was granted a status of an official sub-temple of Eihei-ji (the main temple of Zen Sōtō school).
It probably happened at the times of 慧鏡禅師 Sakudonō the 8th abbot of Chōkō-ji.
The 45th abbot of Eihei-ji 湛海大和 Hōsan Tankai and the 46th abbot of Eihei-ji 彌山良須 Misan Ryōshu
were honorifically called the 1st and the 2nd founder of Chōkō-ji.
The 10th abbot of Chōkō-ji Tenmyō followed the will of the previous abbots
and continued the repairs and further construction of the temple.
Thank to him the temple flourished and became a praying ground for people of the six villages in Tomida area.
In the February of 1834 the Gate with a bell tower was erected.
In 1844 a ceremony of unveiling the main statue of Dainichi Nyorai was held.
It was followed with theatrical performance and other entertainment for the local community.
The Main Hall was destroyed by an earthquake that occurred on the 14th of June 1854.
It was once again rebuilt and finished on the 17th of March 1879 by the 17th abbot 竹童和尚 Chikudō.
Until then Chōkō-ji had experienced the difficult times of Meiji Restoration and anti-Buddhist movements.
In the Meiji period (1868-1912) the abbot’s quarters were changed
to a temporary building of Tomida Primary School and the Main Hall became
a temporary building of Mie Prefecture 2nd Junior High School.
Chōkō-ji was a part of the Tomida area history where local festivals and memorial service for the hunted whales were held.
But in 1953 the temple’s grounds were cut in half by a road and the temple has lost its historical shape.
In 1996 the Gate with the bell tower was dismantled due to its poor condition.
The old Main Hall, which was struck by an earthquake in 1944
and flooded during the 1959’s typhoon, had to be taken down and rebuilt.
A new Main Hall was finished in 2001.
- source : isekannon .. chokoji ...

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This temple is Nr. 27 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 .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩

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....................................................................... Aichi 愛知県 
豊橋市 Toyohashi city

niryu no matsu 二龍の松 two dragon pine trees
An old tree may have a mysterious atmosphere or a spirit.
At 長興寺 the Temple Choko-Ji there were two largen pine trees like two children playing.

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