Thirtieth temple of the Saigoku 33 — oldest of Japan's Three Great Benzaiten on Chikubu Island, Lake Biwa, with a National-Treasure Karamon and Fushimi-Castle Kannon Hall
From Nagahama, Imazu or Hikone port, take the Lake Biwa sightseeing boat to Chikubu Island (25-40 min)
1664 Hayasaki-cho, Nagahama City, Shiga (Chikubu Island)
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Hogon-ji is the thirtieth temple of the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, set on Chikubu Island, a sacred islet of about two kilometers in circumference in northern Lake Biwa. Tradition holds that in 724 the goddess Amaterasu appeared in a dream to Emperor Shomu and declared the small island in Lake Biwa to be the sacred land of Benzaiten; the emperor accordingly dispatched the priest Gyoki, who built…
Tradition holds that in 724 the goddess Amaterasu appeared in a dream to Emperor Shomu and declared the small island in Lake Biwa to be the sacred land of Benzaiten; the emperor accordingly dispatched the priest Gyoki, who built a small hall and enshrined the Four Heavenly Kings. Gyoki rebuilt the t…
A pilgrimage of 33 Kannon temples — the oldest Kannon circuit in Japan, winding through 6 prefectures in the Kinki region and Gifu
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
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Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大弁才天（秘仏）／西国札所本尊：千手観音"
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