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Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage No
JR阿波川島駅から徒歩40分
徳島県阿波市市場町切幡字観音129
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Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage No. 10, an ancient Koyasan Shingon temple founded by Kukai in 815. The mountain precinct, reached by a steep stairway of 333 steps, commands a sweeping view over the Yoshino River basin. Temple legend says Kukai named it Kirihatadera after a young weaving woman gladly cut cloth for him to mend his robe. The multi-storied pagoda donated by the Hachisuka clan, lords of T…
Kirihatadera traces its origin to 815 CE, when the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) is said to have visited this site during his pilgrimage through Shikoku. According to temple legend, he encountered a young woman weaving cloth and asked her for fabric to mend his Buddhist robe. She gladly cut a length of c…
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Derived from the enshrined deity "千手観世音菩薩"
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