Kannonji Temple Tokushima

 

I don't have any hard data to back it up, but I would guess that one of the most common names for a temple in Japan would be Kannon-ji.

At the bade of Mount Bizan, somewhat south of the downtown area is a Kannonji that would appear to be quite old.

At least the Nio guardians are. They are said to have been carved in 1326.

They were restored in 1987.

Other than the fact that it is a Koyasan Shingon temple, I am afraid I can find no other information about it.

Tbere is a statue of En no Gyoja, photo 10, and the sign says he stayed here, but not wether a tempke was here at that time...

Steps lead up the mountainside to some old shrines, which I will cover next, and along the path were numerous Buddhist statues....

The previous post in this series on Tokushima City was on a group of shrines a little north of Kannonji.

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