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六波羅蜜寺
Rokuharamitsuji
京都府
Founded by Kuya to stop pestilence — National Treasure statue shows Amida Buddhas flying from his mouth
創建
951
種別
寺院
Access
7 min walk from Keihan Kiyomizu-Gojo Station
Gojo-dori Yamato-oji-agaru Higashi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
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Info
Temple
Founded 951
1075 years
Enshrined Deity
Buddhist Sect
Shingon Chizan-ha
概要
A Shingon Chizan-ha temple founded in 951 by the monk Kuya, who carved an Eleven-faced Kannon image to ward off pestilence. The 17th sacred site of the Saigoku Sanjusan-sho pilgrimage. The wooden statue of Kuya (National Treasure) — from whose mouth six Amida Buddha figures fly — is a must-see. Also a treasury of Kamakura Buddhist sculpture including statues of Taira no Kiyomori and Jizo Bosatsu.
由緒
Rokuhara Mitsuji was founded in 951 (Tenryaku 5) by the monk Kuya, who carved an Eleven-faced Kannon image and traveled through the capital reciting nembutsu to ward off a devastating epidemic. The temple was initially known as Saiko-ji before being renamed Rokuhara Mitsuji. In the late Heian period…
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Pilgrimage Circuit
A pilgrimage of 33 Kannon temples — the oldest Kannon circuit in Japan, winding through 6 prefectures in the Kinki region and Gifu
十一面観音とは
Wooden standing Eleven-Headed Kannon (Hokkeiji, Nara, National Treasure, Heian period)
Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Headed Kannon): bears eleven faces atop the principal head to perceive and rescue suffering beings in all directions. Long venerated as a deity of healing and warding off misfortune.
Kannon Forms · Seven Kannon
聖観音
十一面
千手
如意輪
馬頭
准胝
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Divine Benefits
Healing & Longevity
Matchmaking
Safe Childbirth & Fertility
Warding Off Evil
Recovery from illness, bodily wellness, peace of mind. Especially efficacious at Yakushi and Kannon temples.
Derived from the enshrined deity "十一面観音"

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