Nichirin-ji (Ibaraki)

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Kannon Hall

The Nichirin-ji ( Japanese 日 輪 寺 ) with the mountain name Yamizo-san ( 八 溝 山 ) is a temple of the Tendai direction of Buddhism in Daigo in the north of the Ibaraki Prefecture , Japan. The temple is located in the mountains below the 1021.8 m high Yamizo ( 八 溝 山 Yamizo-san ). In the traditional census it is the 21st of the 33 temples in the Kantō region .

history

According to tradition, the temple was built during the reign of Emperor Temmu of En no Gyōja in 673. An eleven-faced Kannon ( 十 一面 観 世 音 菩薩 Jūichi-men Kannon bosatsu ) is worshiped .

The attachment

Apart from the abbot and monks' quarters, the complex consists of a single building, the Kannon Hall ( 観 音 堂 Kannon-dō ).

literature

  • Ibaraki-ken shiiki-shi kenkyukai (Ed.): Nichirin-ji . In: Ibaraki-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2006. ISBN 978-4-634-24608-9 . P. 204.

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Coordinates: 36 ° 55 '16.3 "  N , 140 ° 16'25.4"  E