Showing posts with label shotoku taishi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shotoku taishi. Show all posts
Friday, January 26, 2024
Taisanji Temple 52 on the Shikoku pilgrimage
Labels:
gyoki,
henro,
kannon,
matsuyama.,
shingon,
shotoku taishi,
temple
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Inori no Sato Religious Roadside Attraction
Coming down from Unzen Hot Springs towards Obama on the coast of Tachibana Bay, the road is steep and without any settlements until just above the town.
It seems he is the chairman of a successful construction company and Inori no Sato is his attempt to contribute to the well-being and perhaps revitalization of the local area.
Labels:
dragon,
Fudo Myojin,
inari,
kannon,
kappa,
koshin,
kyushu108,
nagasaki,
obama,
shaka nyorai,
shichifukujin,
shimabara,
shotoku taishi,
tengu
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Kozanji Temple Tanabe
Labels:
kobo daishi,
minakata kumagusu,
pagoda,
saigoku,
shotoku taishi,
tanabe,
temple,
ueshiba morihei,
wakayama
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Hokai-in Temple number 5 on the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage
On th third day of my walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage I headed north from downtown Okayama City andf soon arrived at themple number 5, Hokai-in, sometimes called Henshoji.
The Nio gate was impressive in size and contained a pair of wonderful nio. I could not find dates for the gate or the nio. The main hall of the temple dates to the mid 19th Century.
The temple now belongs to the Shingon sect and was founded in 729. The honzon is a small statue of Kannon supposedly carved by Shotoku Taishi and is registered as an Important Cultural Property.
It is locted an top of a small hill looking over cetral Okayama.
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