Virtual Kozukue 33 Kannon Pilgrimage in Yokohama #25 Sezon-in Temple

     Sezon-in Temple belongs to the Buzan School of the Shingi Sect of Shingon Buddhism.  Sometimes, it is very hard for me to understand how a religion is divided, to say nothing of the difference between them.

     It is unknown when the temple was founded.  Priest Kakuban (1095-1144) established the Shngi Sect of Shingon Buddhism.  Priest Senyo (1530-1604) built up the doctrine of the Buzan School.  Kozukue 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized in 1732.  So, it might have been sometime in the 17th century that Sezon-in Temple was founded.  If not, if it was much older, there might have been some reason why a hermitage was built on the hillside of a small hill.

     The main deity is the Arya Avalokitesvara statue.

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