【Japan tourism】Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage trip [No.16] Koyouzan Senjyuin Kanonji

2023年3月6日2023年4月15日

Kannonji is a small precinct with the main hall as soon as you pass through the temple gate.

Kanonji

Principal image	Senju Kannon Bodhisattva
Honzon mantra	On bazaratarama kiriku sowaka
Denomination	Koyasan Shinhon

Place

Official site： none

Temple lodging： none

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Goshuin(red seal)

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History

741 (Tenpyo 13), It is an ancient temple that is said to have been built as an imperial Petition Dojo when Emperor Shomu issued an edict to build a provincial temple. It was built in a location that is believed to have been the center of the former Awa Province.

816 (Konin 7), Kobo Daishi stayed here and The statue of Senju Kannon, the principal image of Buddha, the statue of Bishamonten, who protects the nation as a side attendant, and the statue of Fudo Myoo, who surrenders the devil, are carved and enshrined. It was during this period that the name of the temple was decided.

It was destroyed by fire during the Tensho War, but in 1659 (Manji 2), the Hachisuka family, the feudal lord, rebuilt it at the request of the chief priest, Yuuo Hoshi, and it is the current building.

In 1923, a blind man was taken by his parents to visit Kannonji. It is said that he became able to see because of the blessing of the principal image, and that he offered crutches as a token of gratitude.

Higelight

【Contribution amount】Inside the main hall, there is a plaque depicting a story that actually happened in the Meiji period, depicting a woman engulfed in flames.

1884 (Meiji 17), A woman from Awaji was drying her wet white coat over a bonfire at Kannonji Temple during her pilgrimage, but the fire caught on and she suffered a burn. The woman remembered that she once bullied her mother-in-law by hitting her with burning firewood. Realizing that the bad deed had returned to her, she regretted it and offered her forehead.

【night crying jizo】The Yonaki Jizo enshrined next to the Daishido Hall is said to be beneficial for stopping children from crying at night.

It is about 4 km (about 20 minutes by car) to the next 17th bill place “Idoji"!