Old Edo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #6 Kiyomizu-Kannon-do Temple

      Kiyomizu-Kannon-do Temple was founded by Priest Tenkai (1536-1643) in 1631, and was moved to the present place in 1694.

     After Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu (1552-1585) was killed by Date Masamune (1567-1636), Funaki Kagemitsu, Yoshitugu’s vassal, became the vassal of Ashina Moriuji (1521-1580), and married a woman of the Ashina Clan, who gave birth to Tenkai in 1536.  He later became one of the brains of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616).  He was especially influential in shaping the religion policies of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

     Tenkai built some copy temples in Edo of those in Kyoto.  Kiyomizu-Kannon-do Temple was a copy of Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto.  Its main deity, the statue of Sahasrabhuja, who has 1,000 arms, is said to have been carved by Genshin (942-1017), and also said to have been moved from Kiyomizu-dera Temple.

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