Kannonshō-ji
The Kannonshō-ji ( Japanese 観 音 正 寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Ōmihachiman , Shiga prefecture in Japan . The temple is associated with the Tendai-shu belief . The main portrait of the temple is a statue of the thousand-armed Kannon . The Kannonshō-ji is the 32nd temple of the Saigoku pilgrimage route ( 西 国 三十 三 箇 所 , Saigoku sanjūsankasho ).
overview
There is no written evidence of the establishment of the Kannonshō-ji. According to temple tradition, the Kannonshō-ji is said to have been founded in 605 by the Prince Regent Shōtoku .
The temple site has been located in the summit area of the 433-meter-high Kinugasayama near Lake Biwa since the Muromachi period . The temple was mainly sponsored by members of the local Rokkaku warrior clan. When the nearby castle was conquered by Oda Nobunaga's troops in 1568, the Kannonshō-ji was also devastated, but renovated between 1596 and 1615. In 1993 the main hall was completely destroyed by a fire in which the main portrait, classified as an important cultural asset , also burned. A new building was inaugurated in 2004 together with a new statue of a thousand-armed cannon, made by Myokei Matsumoto.
literature
- Patricia Frame Rugola: The Saikoku Kannon Pilgrimage Route . Dissertation, Ohio State University, 1986.
- Valeria Jana Schwanitz and August Wierling: Saigoku. On the way in Japan's western lands . Manpuku-Verlag, Potsdam 2012.
Web links
- Kannon Temple Official Website (Japanese)
Coordinates: 35 ° 8 ′ 40.8 " N , 136 ° 9 ′ 39.7" E