Senju Kannon Legends

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Senju Kannon 千手観音 Legends about Kannon with 1000 arms

My visit to Temple Ohirayama, Konpira-In at Kurayoshi, Okayama.
. Senju Kannon 千手観音 - Introduction .

Many temples have a special hall for this deity,
Senju Kannon Do Hall 千手観音堂.

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Senju-Ji 千手寺 Temple for a Senju Kannon

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....................................................................... Aichi 愛知県 　
藤嶋 Fujishima

Two villagers had picked up a statue of 千手観世音菩薩 Kannon with 1000 Arms and brought it to Fujishima, where they built a thatched hut to venerate her. Suddenly Kannon appeared and told them she was in fact 阿弥陀仏 Buddha Amida.
When they told this to 行基 Gyoki Bosatsu, he made two more statues, one of 阿弥陀 Amida and one of 勢至 Seishi and placed the three in the hut, with Amida in the middle.
This hut was now called
Susa no koji 須佐の古寺 The old temple at Susa and is now Gokurakuji 極楽寺 Temple Gokuraku-Ji.
. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749) .

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知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita town // 岩屋寺 Iwayadera

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高浪判四郎 Takanami　Hanshiro from 豊浜町 Toyohama town had found a statue of 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 Arms in his fishing net and venerated her at 岩屋寺 the Temple Iwayadera.
This was more than 1200 years ago.
Since then the Takanami family were ardent visitors to the temple Iwayadera.
In 1921 the home of the family next door burned to the ground, but the Takanami home was hardly burned.
This was because of the protection from Kannon Sama.
. Iwaya-Ji (岩屋寺 Iwayadera) and the Kuki clan .




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大洲市 Ozu city // 出石寺 Shusseki-Ji

Around 720, a local hunter found a statue of 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 Arms and one of
地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu coming out of the rocks.
He built the temple 出石寺 Shusseki-Ji (a rock giving birth) in their honor.

. Shusekiji 金山 出石寺 Shusseki-Ji .
Bangai Temple 07 Shikoku Henro 四国お遍路さん Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku - Shusekiji




....................................................................... Ibaraki 茨城県 　
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久慈郡 Kuji district 大子町 Daigo town

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
On the ceiling of 千手観音堂 the Senju Kannon Do Hall from the Momoyama period the painter had painted a ryuu 竜 dragon.
The dragon often went to the river to enjoy himself.
But the painting was later stolen.




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Sanjusan Gendo Hall 三十三間堂

. Sanjusangendo 三十三間堂 Hall with 33 Spaces - Legends about 33 .
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Kyoto 東大和市 Higashi-Yamato

. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 and Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 .




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Kyoto 亀山市 Kameyama city

. kishin, kijin, onigami 鬼神の伝説　Oni Deity Demon Legends .
The Onigami attacked 坂上田村麿 Sakanoue Tamuramaro, but 千手観音 Senju Kannon with 1000 Arms defeated him.
. 坂上田村麻呂 - Sakanoue Tamuramaro (758 - 811) .




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上田市 Ueda city

Aizen katsura 愛染かつら　Katsura Japanese Judas tree for Aizen
In the compound of the temple for Kitamuki Kannon 北向観音 "Kannon facing North" this tree is venerated.
In 825 there was a great fire.
Soon Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 Arms appeared on this tree and helped the people find safety.




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新見市 Niimi city // 雲居寺 Ungo-Ji

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O-Hana Kannon お花観音 "Kannon for the girl O-Hana"
In the graveyard of the Temple Ungo-Ji is a statue of 千手観音 Kannon Bosatsu with 1000 Arms.
It is in memory of a tragic love story and illness, dating back to around 1700.
At the estate of the chief retainer, a certain 大橋 Ohashi, there worked a girl named O-Hana.
The chief retainer started to visit her every night.
His wife became crazy with jealousy, killed the girl and threw her into an old well.
Soon the wife became ill herself, haunted by the spirit of O-Hana.
Ohashi now had a statue of 千手観音 Kannon Bosatsu with 1000 arms made and placed into his family temple, 雲居寺 Ungo-Ji to appease the soul of O-Hana.
People now come here to pray for recovery of illness.




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Fujii-dera 葛井寺 Temple Fujiidera

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15 千手観音 (02) collecting
03 千手観世音 (01)
千手寺 Miyagi
Nara, Hasedera 長谷寺

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Shinpoji Kannon Chiyoda Kojimachi

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Shinpooji 心法寺 Shinpo-Ji - Chiyoda, Kojimachi
常栄山　Joeizan 心法寺 Shinpoji

千代田区麹町6-4-1 / Chiyoda ward, Kojimachi

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来坐像 a statue of a seated Amida Nyorai.
The statue is about 109 cm large, made from cypress wood.

The temple was first erected in Mikawa around 560 and called 泰法寺 Taiho-Ji.
In 1597, 徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu had it moved to his new capital of Edo.
At that time, the name was changed to Shinpo-Ji.
The priest of the temple was 然翁聖山和尚.
In 1838 there was a fire at the temple, soon spreading to the Kojimachi district.
In 1874 it was re-erected but destroyed again during WWII.
There are some memorial stones of famous people in the compound, for example
伊澤弥総兵衛 Izawa Yasobei, 竹尾善筑 and 眞野是翁.

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Kannon Hall 観音堂

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. Yamanote Kannon Reijo 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage - Nr. 32.

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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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


. Koojimachi, Kōjimachi 麹町 / 麴町 Kojimachi district .

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Unshoji Kannon Shibuya

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Unshoji 雲照寺 Unsho -Ji - Nishihara, Shibuya
代々木山 Yoyogizan 雲照寺 Unsho-Ji
Named after priest 釈雲照 Shaku Unsho (1827 - 1909).

東京都渋谷区西原3-31-1 / Nishihara, Shibuya City, Tokyo


The temple was moved here in the Meiji period by the famous priest 釈雲照 Shaku Unsho (1827 - 1909).

Unsho came to 松江千手院 a Kannon temple in Matsue in 1836.
In 1844 he went to 高野山 Mount Koyasan to study 真言密教 Shingon Mikkyo Buddhism.
Later he lived at the temple 新長谷寺 Shin-Hasedera in Mejiro.
He died in 1909 of influenza.

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The temple was first located in Mejiro, called 蔵王寺 Zao-Ji.
Unsho founded his school for priests 目白僧園 Mejiro Zoen.
In 1921 Zao-Ji it was moved to this location and named after its founder Unsho.
目白僧園 Mejiro Zoen was later moved to 練馬区 Nerima ward and called 十善戒寺 Juzenkai-Ji.
Juzenkai refers to the 10 good precepts of Buddhism.

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The main statue is
十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon with 11 Heads 　

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鐘楼 bell tower

The temple bell is one of the few that was not confiscated for its metal during WWII.

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This temple is Nr. 12 of the
. 東京三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Tokyo

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads

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Gotokuji Kannon Setagaya

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Gootokuji 豪徳寺　Gotoku-Ji - Setagaya
大谿山 Daikeizan 豪徳寺 Gotoku-Ji

世田谷区豪徳寺2-24-7 / Setagaya, Gotokuji

Shofuku Kannon 招福観音

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Temple legend states that during the early 17th century, Ii Naotaka (then the second lord of the Omi-Hikone Domain) escaped from being caught in a sudden thunderstorm after having been invited inside the temple by a cat that lived there.
To show his gratitude to the cat, Naotaka decided to dedicate the temple to the Ii clan.
After Naotaka passed away, the temple was renamed to Gotokuji, from his posthumous Buddhist name
“Kyushoin-den Gotokuten ei-daikoji.”
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While there are several legends about the origins of this manekineko cat charm, one of the widely known story regards Gotokuji as the place of origin. Legend holds that the maneki neko originated back in Edo period, when a feudal lord from Hikone (a city in present-day Shiga Prefecture) passed by a temple in Edo. There, he met a cat that beckoned him to come into the temple. The lord followed the cat and decided to stop by the temple; soon after, a thunderstorm came by. The lord, who took shelter at the temple, became thankful of the cat’s deed; eventually, he collected enough funds to rebuild and claim the temple as his family temple, which eventually became Gotokuji.
As time went on, people began to offer maneki neko figurines to the temple as a sign of gratitude when their wishes came true.
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shuin 朱印 stamp

ema 絵馬 votive tablet

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Gotokuji Temple, located in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, is a Buddhist temple that is said to be the birthplace of the maneki-neko, or “luck-inviting cat figurine.” These small statues, which portray a cat sitting up and beckoning with its front paw, have become quite popular all over the world with cat-lovers. Although there are many different kinds of maneki-neko raising either their right or left paws,
Gotokuji Temple specializes in the right-pawed version of this good-luck symbol.
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. manekineko 招き猫 beckoning cat .

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This temple is Nr. 11 of the
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. 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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赤松に冬日押し照る豪徳寺
akamatsu ni fuyubi oshiteru gootokuji

through the red pines
the winter sun shines
at temple Gotoku-Ji
Tr. Gabi Greve

高澤良一 Takazawa Ryoichi

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Saga Tenno Legends

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Saga Tenno 嵯峨天皇 Legends about Emperor Saga

. Saga Tenno - Introduction .

. Danrin Kogo 檀林皇后 Empress Danrin / 橘嘉智子 Tachibana no Kachiko .
the empress consort of Emperor Saga.

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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774-835) .
and the Sutra 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 Dai Birushana Jobutsu Jinben Kaji Kyo / Mahavairocana Sutra.

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During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there lived a person called 三条中将 Lieutenant Sanjo, married to a high-ranking woman.
He promised to make a golden statue of Amida Butsu 阿弥陀仏 Amida Buddha if she would have a child.
After a while she became pregnant and a girl was born.
The mother died when the girl was seven.
The lieutenant married again.
The stepmother wanted to kill the daughter, but the golden statue of Amida protected her.
. Legends about Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 .

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. toso 屠蘇 mulled rice wine with spices for New Year .

During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was the saying that
if only one member of the family drinks Toso the whole family would get ill.
But if all family members would drink Toso, they would stay healthy for the whole year.
The Toso was kept in a well and pulled out on the first of January.




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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774-835) and Saga Tenno .

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京都市 Kyoto city

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno did not like the sound of thunder. He asked Kukai to make it stop.
Kukai advised to plant an enju 槐 Japanese pagoda tree and all the lightning would fall down there.
The master of this tree was shirohebi 白蛇 a white serpent, which should never be touched with a blade.
Once a guardman tried to kill the serpent, but the blade of his sword bent and he soon became quite ill.

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Kyoto 宇治市 Uji city

. Hashihime, Hashi Hime 橋姫 / はし姫 "Princess of the Bridge" .
a courtly lady consumed by jealousy.

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Kyoto 右京区 Ukyo ward

. Danrin Kogo 檀林皇后 Empress Danrin / 橘嘉智子 Tachibano no Kachiko .
the empress consort of Emperor Saga.

. Umenomiya Shrine 梅の宮神社　/ 梅宮大社 Umenomiya Taisha .
When Empress Danrin gave birth, she spread sand from under the main building of Umenomiya Shrine under her bed and gave birth to her son without complications.




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守山市 Moriyama city 勝部町 Katsube town / 大光明寺

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
The border between 栗本郡 / 「くりたぐん」 Kurita district and 野洲郡 Yasu district was a large river.
At 三上山 Mount Mikamiyama the river divided into two. 南川 Minamikawa became a deep river pool at 土山 Mount Tsuchiyama.
In former times daija 大蛇 a huge serpent lived in the river pool.
During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was a great noisy earthquake.
When he asked a diviner about the earthquake, Saga Tenno was told that orochi おろち a huge serpent was living in the river, wanting to kill the Emperor.
The emperor invited the local farmers and asked them to get rid of the serpent. A few thousand came together and finally drove the serpent away.
The temple Daikōmyō-Ji 大光明寺 Daikomyo-Ji was built in rememberance of this event.
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Mount Mikami (三上山, "Mikami Yama", meaning Mikami Mountain)

a mountain, 432 metres (1,417 ft) above sea level, located in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
In spite of its relatively low altitude, it is also called "Ōmi Fuji", that is Mount Fuji of Ōmi Province, the old name of Shiga Prefecture, because of its conical shape standing out in the flat area on the shores of Lake Biwa.
At the foot of Mount Mikami is the Shintoist Mikami Shrine (御神神社, "Mikami Jinja", meaning the Gods' Shrine)
Mount Mikami, nearer to Kyoto, the traditional capital of Japan, has appeared in the Japanese literature from the ancient times. It is particularly noted for the legend of "Fujiwara no Hidesato Conquering the Giant Centipede of Mount Mikami".
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. Fujiwara no Hidesato 藤原秀郷 / Tawara Tota Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷.

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Ichigyoin Kannon Shinjuku Minamimotomachi

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Ichigyooin 一行院 Ichigyo-In - Shinjuku, Minamimotomachi
永固山 Eikozan 一行院 Ichigyoin 千日寺 Sennichi-Ji

東京都新宿区南元町19-2 / Tokyo, Shinjuku, Minami-Motomachi

正観世音菩薩 Sho Kanzeon Bosatsu
in the 観音堂 Kannon Do Hall.

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 1606 by 第九世源蓮社本誉上人利覚和尚, abbot of the temple 赤坂浄土寺 Jodo-Ji in Akasaka.
永井直勝 Nagai Naokatsu (1563 - 1626) layed the foundation, creating a temple out of the hermitage of the 永井家 Nagai clan.
The Nagai clan was the 信濃守 the Lord of Shinano. The area of his estate was called
信濃殿町 Shinanodono machi or 信濃原 Shinanohara, now called 信濃町 Shinano town.
The founder Naokatsu was a priest performing a ritual for sennichi 千日 1000 days and the temple was called 千日寺 Sennichi-Ji. The surrounding valley was called 千日谷 Sennichidani.
Around 1955, some parts of the temple compound and cemetrey were used for other purposes in the growing city of Tokyo.
The new temple was built by the famous architect Kuma Kengo.

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Kengo Kuma 隈研吾

In 1964, 10-year old Kengo Kuma visited Tokyo and stood in awe of the swooping, concrete Olympic stadiums designed by Kenzo Tange. These megalithic forms, which spiral off the ground in simultaneous expression and defiance of physics, captured the energy of rapidly industrializing Japan and inspired Kuma to become an architect. Today, Kuma’s architecture is recognized around the world, often in the form of museums and skyscrapers that display quietly rule-bending geometries engineered of discretely simple elements. Despite his immense portfolio, the seasoned architect — whose firm was recently tapped to design a new stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — shows no less enthusiasm for smaller scale projects, such as his firm’s recently completed addition to the Jodo Shu Ichigyo-in Temple in Tokyo.
Located in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, the Edo-era Inchigyo-in sits in the line of sight of numerous neighboring mid- and high-rises. Kengo Kuma and Associates took note of the frequent aerial view of the temple and designed a new, low-lying main hall covered with a large, gently inclined roof. From above, the roof appears to lift gently off the ground, sheltering the structure beneath with a sheet of half-cylinder aluminum shingles that recall traditional kawara tiling. This distinctive covering cantilevers out at an angle, casting a protective shade that beckons visitors in toward the building’s wood-paneled façade.
As in many of Kuma’s works, modern glass and aluminum often serve as the backdrop to visibly grained wooden elements. In the main hall of the Ichigyo-in, brightly hued cedar spreads generously throughout, the wood’s naturally rippling imprints adding an organic quality to a mostly rectilinear interior. In the basement, temple visitors can find an automated ossuary. Partitioning cedar-wood screens introduce intimacy and enclosure into the underground space while keeping it bright and open, allowing the ossuary to function as a community space that gathers people and facilitates connections with ancestors.
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Kengo Kuma (隈 研吾, Kuma Kengo, born 1954)
is a Japanese architect and professor in the Department of Architecture (Graduate School of Engineering) at the University of Tokyo. Frequently compared to contemporaries Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima, Kuma is also noted for his prolific writings.
He is the designer of the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo which has been built for 2020 Summer Olympics.
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. Shinanomachi 信濃町 Shinano district .
Shinano Dono Machi 信濃殿町 / Shinanohara 信濃原
永井尚政 Nagai Naomasa (1587 – 1668) - Shinano no Kami 信濃守 regent of Shinano .

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- reference source : 新宿区登録有形民族文化財　一行院の板碑 -
important intangible folk culture assets - stone tablets

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. 、山の手三十三観音霊場 33 Kannon Temples along the Yamanote line - Nr. 28 .

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This temple is Nr. 14 of the
. 東京三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Tokyo

. 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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Chosenji Kannon Jingumae

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Choosenji 長泉寺 Chosen-Ji - Jingumae
慈雲山 Jiunzan 長泉寺 Chosen-Ji

渋谷区神宮前6-25-12 / Tokyo, Shibuya ward, Jingumae

千手観音 Senju Kannon

The main statue is Shaka Nyorai　釈迦如来.

The temple was a sub-temple of 江戸愛宕青松寺 Edo Atago Seisho-Ji.
The temple was in the fields of 上渋谷村 Kami-Shibuya village. He headman of 穏田村 the Ondenmura village, 田左膳義直, saved the Kannon statue in his estate in a small hall.
In 1546, 僧春的 the priest Shunteki resided here.
In 1592 青松寺七世瑞翁 the priest from Seisho-Ji of the seventh generation lived in the estate and named the temple
慈雲山長泉寺.

The Kannon statue is now in the 滝見堂 Takimi Do "Hall to view the Waterfall".
The waterfall belongs to the river 穏田川 Ondengawa.

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In the compound are more than 200 stone statues of Kannon Bosatsu and Jizo Bosatsu.

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. Ondenmura, Onden mura 隠田村/ 穏田村 Onden village "with secret fields" .
The river flowing to this region was the 穏田川 Ondengawa (further down called 渋谷川 Shibuyagawa).

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This temple is Nr. 9 of the
. 東京三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Tokyo

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon Bosatsu with 1000 Arms.

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Tofukuji Kannon Shibuya

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Toofukuji 東福寺　Tofuku-Ji - Shibuya
渋谷山 Shibuyazan 親王院 Shinno-In 東福寺 Tofuku-Ji

渋谷区渋谷3-5-8 / Shibuya ward, Shibuya city

千手観音 Senju Kannon

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro 源八幡太郎義家 / 源義家 had this gemple built, together with
金王八幡宮 Konno Hachimangu.
The priest 円鎮 / 円珍 Enchin opened it in 1181 and named it 親王院 Shinno-In.
In 1202 the lord of the area, 渋谷高重 Shibuya Takashige changed the name to
渋谷山常照院円證寺 Shibuyazan Josho-In Enchin-Ji.

. Hachimantarō 八幡太郎 Hachiman Taro (1039 - 1106) .
. Chisho Daishi Enchin 智證大師 円珍 / 圓珍 .

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金王八幡宮 Konno Hachimangu Shrine

. 金王八幡宮 Konno Hachimangu Shrine .

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This temple is Nr. 08 of the
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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon Bosatsu with 1000 Arms.

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