Anyoin

神奈川県

Founded by Hojo Masako, who is buried here — Station 3 of the Bando Kannon Pilgrimage

Founded

1225

Type

Temple

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12 min walk from JR Kamakura Station East Exit

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Temple

Founded 1225

801 years

Enshrined Deity

Overview

Anyoin is a Jodo sect temple whose predecessor, Chorakuji, was founded in 1225 by Hojo Masako with the monk Gangyo as founding priest. Masako died that same year at age 69, and the temple's name, Anyoin, derives from her posthumous Buddhist name. The seated Amida Buddha enshrined as the principal image dates to the Kamakura period and is a city-designated cultural property, and the hokyo-into ston…

Origins

Founded in 1225 by Hojo Masako with the eminent Vinaya monk Gangyo as founding priest. Masako died later that year at age 69 and her funeral was held here. Named after her posthumous Buddhist name. Third on the Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.

Pilgrimage Circuit

A pilgrimage of 33 Kannon temples — an ancient circuit winding through the historic temples of the entire Kantō region

Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

Principal Buddha

Senju Kannon

千

About Senju Kannon

Wooden seated Thousand-Armed Kannon by Tankei (Sanjūsangendō, Kyoto, National Treasure, Kamakura period)

Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon): rescues all beings through a thousand methods, with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes. Usually represented with 42 arms standing for the full thousand — an expression of boundless compassion.

Kannon Forms · Seven Kannon

聖

Shō

十

Jūichimen

千

Senju

如

Nyoirin

馬

Batō

准

Juntei

不

Fukūkenjaku

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Divine Benefits

Purification

Rebirth in Pure Land

Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.

Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"

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