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Anraku-ji is a Shingon Chizan-ha temple in Gosho, Yoshimi, Hiki District, Saitama, the eleventh station of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, popularly known as Yoshimi Kannon. Tradition states that the temple began when the monk Gyōki enshrined a Shō Kannon image in the Nara period, and that Sakanoue no Tamuramaro built a hall here in 806 on his return from his eastern campaign. Minamoto no Noriyori…

Tradition states that the temple began when the monk Gyōki enshrined a Shō Kannon image in the Nara period, and that Sakanoue no Tamuramaro built a hall here in 806 on his return from his eastern campaign. Minamoto no Noriyori, the half-brother of Minamoto no Yoritomo, is said to have lived here in …