New Saigoku pilgrimage route

Station No. 1: Shitennō-ji

The New Saigoku Pilgrimage Route ( Japanese 新西国三十三箇所 , Shin Saigoku sanjūsankasho ) includes 33 Buddhist temples in the prefectures of Hyōgo, Osaka, Kyōto, Nara, Shiga and Wakayama, where - with a few exceptions - holy Kannon is venerated.

history

As the name suggests, this pilgrimage refers to the time-honored Saigoku pilgrimage route. The preceding adjective New refers to the year 1932. In that year, various newspapers in the Kansai area collected suggestions from which a new list was drawn up. In 1964 the list was expanded to include five more temples (without numbers), so that it currently includes 38 places of worship.

The 33 temples

No.	Kanji	Surname	Buddh. school	place	prefecture	No.	Kanji	Surname	Buddh. school	place	prefecture
1	四天王寺	Shitennō-ji	Wa	Osaka	Osaka	18th	延暦寺	Enryaku-ji	Tendai	Ōtsu	Shiga
2	太融寺	Taiyu-ji	Shingon	Osaka	Osaka	19th	鞍馬寺	Kurama-dera	Kurama-kōkyō	Kyoto	Kyoto
3	鶴満寺	Kakuman-ji	Tendai	Osaka	Osaka	20th	安養寺	An'yō-ji	Jōdo	Ōtsu	Shiga
4th	水間寺	Mizuma-dera	Tendai	Kaizuka	Osaka	21st	神呪寺	Kannō-ji	Shingon	Nishinomiya	Hyogo
5	道成寺	Dōjō-ji	Tendai	Hidakakawa	Wakayama	22nd	忉利天上寺	Tōritenjō-ji	Shingon	Kobe	Hyogo
6th	御衣寺	Okoromo-dera	Shingon	Takano	Wakayama	23	能福寺	Nofuku-ji	Tendai	Kobe	Hyogo
7th	金剛寺	Kongō-ji	Shingon	Kawachinagano	Osaka	24	須磨寺	Suma-dera	Shingon	Kobe	Hyogo
8th	西方寺	Saiho-ji	Jōdo	Kawachinagano	Osaka	25th	太山寺	Taisan-ji	Tendai	Kobe	Hyogo
9	飛鳥寺	Asuka-dera	Shingon	Asuka	Nara	26th	伽耶院	Gaya-in	Shugen	Miki	Hyogo
10	橘寺	Tachibana-dera	Tendai	Asukan	Nara	27	鶴林寺	Kakurin-ji	Tendai	Kakogawa	Hyogo
11	當麻寺	Taima-dera	Shingon	Katsuragi	Nara	28	光明寺	Kōmyō-ji	Shingon	Kato	Hyogo
12	東光院	Tōkō-in	Sōtō	Toyonaka	Osaka	29	酒見寺	Sagami-ji	Shingon	Kasai	Hyogo
13	満願寺	Manganese-ji	Shingon	Kawanishi	Hyogo	30th	金剛城寺	Kongōjō-ji	Shingon	Fukusaki	Hyogo
14th	神峯山寺	Kabusan-ji	Tendai	Takatsuki	Osaka	31	花岳寺	Kagaku-ji	Soto	Ako	Hyogo
15th	誓願寺	Seigan-ji	Jōdo	Kyoto	Kyoto	32	斑鳩寺	Ikaruga-dera	Tendai	Taishi	Hyogo
16	大報恩寺	Daihōon-ji	Shingon	Kyoto	Kyoto	33	瑠璃寺	Ruri-ji	Shingon	Sayo	Hyogo
17th	楊谷寺	Yokoku-ji	Jōdo	Nagaokakyō	Kyoto

The five additional temples are the Kiyomizu-dera ( 清水寺 ) in Osaka, the Jōdo-ji in Ono , the Kannon-ji ( 観音寺 ) in Kawauchinagano, the Eifuku-ji ( 叡福寺 ) in Osaka Prefecture and the Angkō-ji ( 安岡寺 ) in Takatsuki .

Remarks

↑ The number 33 refers to the Kannon Sutra.
↑ Wa stands for Wa-shū ( 和宗 ), a direction of Buddhism since 1946 with special reverence for the temple founder Shōtoku .
↑ Kurama-kōkyō ( 鞍馬弘教 ) is a 1947 split of the temple from the Shingon.
↑ 修験宗 (Shugen-shū) is an ethnic religion .

Web links

The 33 pilgrimage sites, Japanese

Commons : Shin Saigoku Pilgrimage Route - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

[1] The number 33 refers to the Kannon Sutra.

[2] Wa stands for Wa-shū ( 和宗 ), a direction of Buddhism since 1946 with special reverence for the temple founder Shōtoku .

[3] Kurama-kōkyō ( 鞍馬弘教 ) is a 1947 split of the temple from the Shingon.

[4] 修験宗 (Shugen-shū) is an ethnic religion .