Third station of the Saigoku pilgrimage, founded 770 — grand Edo-period halls rebuilt after Hideyoshi's fire
和歌山県紀の川市粉河2787
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Head temple of the Kokawa Kannon sect and 3rd site of the Saigoku pilgrimage, founded in 770. Enshrining Senju Kanzeon Bosatsu with a garden designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty. Most halls were burned in Hideyoshi's Negoro campaign of 1585, then rebuilt under Kishu Tokugawa patronage. The grand scale of the halls — among the largest of the Saigoku sites — commands reverence from all who v…
According to tradition, Kokawadera was founded in 770 (the first year of Hoki) by Otomo Koshiko, who, while hunting, witnessed a mysterious divine light and built a hermitage on the site. The temple serves as the head temple of the Kokawa Kannon sect and is the third sacred site on the Saigoku Thirt…
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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Safe Childbirth & Fertility
Recovery from illness, bodily wellness, peace of mind. Especially efficacious at Yakushi and Kannon temples.
Derived from the enshrined deity "千手千眼観世音菩薩"
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