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The great Tendai temple founded by Shodo Shonin, housing Nikko's largest wooden hall of three colossal Buddhas
Take bus from Tobu Nikko Station and alight at Nishi-Sando
2300 Sannai, Nikko, Tochigi
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The central temple of Mount Nikko, a Tendai monzeki temple. The main hall Sanbutsudo is the largest wooden structure in Nikko, enshrining three large Buddhist statues (each over 8m): Senju Kannon, Amida Nyorai, and Bato Kannon. Founded in 782 by the monk Shodo Shonin, it developed as a Tendai stronghold during the Heian period. The Daiyuin mausoleum of Tokugawa Iemitsu is a gorgeously ornate struc…
The origins of Rinnoji Temple trace back to 766, when the monk Shodo Shonin entered Mount Nikko, and to 782, when he is said to have founded Shihonryuji Temple. During the Heian period, the temple grew into a major stronghold of Tendai Buddhism, forging close ties with Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "千手観音・阿弥陀如来・馬頭観音"
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