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Suzutate-san Jakusho-ji
山形県
Starting temple of the Mogami 33 Kannon Pilgrimage — Suzutate-san Jakusho-ji in Tendo, Yamagata, founded by Gyoki, one of the oldest Kannon sanctuaries in Dewa
20 min by car from Tendo Station on the JR Ou Line, or 20 min walk from the Jakusho Kannon-guchi bus stop
2205-1 Yamamoto, Tendo, Yamagata
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Jakusho-ji, in Yamamoto, Tendo City, Yamagata, is a Tendai-school temple that serves as Site 1 (the starting temple) of the Mogami 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. The principal image is Sho-Kannon Bodhisattva. Tradition holds that the temple was founded in 708 by the priest Gyoki, and was later revived by Jikaku Daishi Ennin. As a Kannon sanctuary in Dewa Province linked to mountain worship, it has long bee…
According to temple tradition, Jakusho-ji was founded in 708 when the priest Gyoki, traveling through Dewa Province, enshrined a Kannon image at this site. It is said to have been later revived by Jikaku Daishi Ennin, drawing devotion from antiquity as a Tendai Kannon sanctuary. When the Mogami 33 K…
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Derived from the enshrined deity "聖観世音菩薩"
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