Kan'on-ji (Tokushima)
The Kan'on-ji ( Japanese 観 音 寺 ) with the Go Kōyōzan ( 光耀 山 ) and Senjuin ( 千手 院 ) in Tokushima is a small temple that belongs to the Kōyasan branch ( 高 野山 派 ) of the Shingon direction of Buddhism. In the traditional count, it is the 16th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .
history
The temple is said to have been built by priest Kūkai around the year 816, who is said to have made a Kannon figure for him and as a companion the holy Fudō Myōō ( 不 動 明王 ) and the state protector Bishamon ( 毘 aus 天 ) from wood. During the armed conflict in the Tenshō era (1573–1592) the temple was destroyed.
In 1659 the temple was rebuilt at the present location at the request of the princes of Awa , the Hachisuka . - In 1913 the blind Takamatsu Inosuke ( 高 松伊 之 助 ) are said to have made a pilgrimage here with his parents, prayed and regained his sight. His stick is kept in the temple to this day.
investment
You enter the complex through the temple gate, which was designed here as a Niō gate ( 仁王 門 ; 1). Immediately ahead you can see the main hall ( 本 堂 , Hondō; 2), on the right side the hall dedicated to the temple founder, the Daishidō ( 大師 堂 ; 3). - Directly to the right of the main hall is a small shrine (4) belonging to the Hachiman Daijingū ( 八 幡 大 神宮 ) of Awa and another shrine.
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Temple gate
Daishidō
shrine
literature
- Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Kanon-ji . In: Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24636-2 . Page 89.
- Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 4 ′ 6.5 ″ N , 134 ° 28 ′ 27.6 ″ E
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