Mimuroto-ji Temple | Temple in Kyoto

Mimuroto-ji Temple

京都府

Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage 第10番札所

Mimuroto-ji is a Honzan Shugendo temple in Todoji…

Founded

770

Type

Temple

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15 min walk from Keihan Mimurodo Station

21 Todoji Shigaya, Uji, Kyoto

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Temple

Founded 770

1256 years

Enshrined Deity

千手観世音菩薩

Buddhist Sect

Honzan Shugendo

Overview

Mimuroto-ji is a Honzan Shugendo temple in Todoji, Uji, known as the 10th sacred site of the Saigoku Sanjusan-sho pilgrimage and celebrated for its hydrangea, azalea, and lotus blooms. Founded in 770 on imperial decree of Emperor Konin, its principal image is the Thousand-armed Kanzeon Bosatsu. Revered as "Mimurododera" since the Heian period and patronized by imperial and aristocratic families, t…

Origins

Mimuroto-ji is traditionally said to have been founded in 770 at the imperial behest of Emperor Konin. According to the temple's founding legend, a luminous image of Kannon appeared in the mountains above the Uji River, and a hall was built to enshrine it. During the Heian period the temple was know…

Pilgrimage Circuit

A pilgrimage of 33 Kannon temples — the oldest Kannon circuit in Japan, winding through 6 prefectures in the Kinki region and Gifu

Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

Principal Buddha

Senju Kannon

千

About Senju Kannon

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

聖

Shō

十

Jūichimen

千

Senju

如

Nyoirin

馬

Batō

准