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Oyaji (Oya Kannon)

栃木県

Founded by Kukai in 810 — the 4-meter Senju Kannon cliff carving is Japan's oldest stone Buddha (Important Cultural Property) and the 19th stop of the Bando 33 Kannon pilgrimage

Founded

810

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Temple

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JR宇都宮駅からバス「大谷観音前」下車すぐ

栃木県宇都宮市大谷町1198

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Temple

Founded 810

1216 years

Enshrined Deity

千手観世音菩薩

Buddhist Sect

天台宗

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Overview

An ancient Tendai sect temple said to have been founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai in 810. The magaibutsu (rock-carved image) of Senju Kanzeon Bosatsu (Thousand-Armed Kannon), carved directly into the cliff face of the Oya stone quarry near Utsunomiya, stands approximately 4 meters tall and is designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan as the oldest stone Buddha in the country. The grouping of B…

Origins

Ooya-ji Temple is said to have been founded in 810 (the first year of Konin) by the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi), who is believed to have carved a Thousand-Armed Kannon directly into the rock face of Ooya and established a hall there. This cliff-carved Buddhist image stands approximately 4 meters tall a…

Pilgrimage Circuit

A pilgrimage of 33 Kannon temples — an ancient circuit winding through the historic temples of the entire Kantō region

Bandō 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