Mimuroto-ji is a Honzan Shugendo temple in Todoji…
15 min walk from Keihan Mimurodo Station
21 Todoji Shigaya, Uji, Kyoto
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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…
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…
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 "千手観世音菩薩"
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