Iwamasan Shoho-ji (Iwama-dera)
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Twelfth temple of the Saigoku 33 — mountain sanctuary near the 443 m summit of Mt. Iwama, famed for Basho's haiku pond, the "sweating Kannon" and prayers against dementia
From JR or Keihan Ishiyama Station, take Keihan Bus to Naka-Senmachi, then 50 min on foot. ~15 min by car from Ishiyama IC
82 Ishiyama-uchihatake-cho, Otsu City, Shiga
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Shoho-ji, popularly known as Iwama-dera, is the twelfth temple of the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, set on the 443 m summit ridge of Mt. Iwama in Otsu, Shiga. According to tradition the temple was founded in 722 by Taicho Daishi, the mountain ascetic who opened Mt. Hakusan, on imperial order from Empress Gensho to pray for her recovery from illness. He is said to have received the Senju Dharani fr…
Tradition holds that in 722 the mountain ascetic Taicho Daishi, who had opened Mt. Hakusan in Kaga, was sent here on imperial order by Empress Gensho to pray for her recovery. He received the Senju Dharani from a giant katsura tree on Mt. Iwama, carved a life-sized Thousand-Armed Kannon and enshrine…
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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Recovery from illness, bodily wellness, peace of mind. Especially efficacious at Yakushi and Kannon temples.
Derived from the enshrined deity "千手観音（秘仏）"
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