An ancient Shingon Buzan sect temple in Chuo-ku, Chiba, known as pilgrimage site No. 29 of the Bando 33 Kannon circuit. Said to have been founded in 721 when Gyoki Bosatsu carved and enshrined an Eleven-Faced Kanzeon Bosatsu, it is one of Chiba City's oldest temples. The Bando 33 Kannon is the Kannon pilgrimage founded by Minamoto no Yoritomo, and Chiba-dera has welcomed pilgrims as the central sa…

Chiba-dera is traditionally said to have been founded in 721 (the 5th year of Yoro) when the monk Gyoki carved and enshrined an Eleven-Faced Kanzeon Bosatsu, making it one of the oldest temples in Chiba City. From the Heian period onward, it developed as a center of local faith under the Shingon sec…