Virtual Miura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #18 Mangan-ji Temple

     Mangan-ji Temple was founded by Sahara Yoshitsura (?-1192, 1203, or 1221), the youngest son of Miura Yoshiaki (1092-1180).  Yoshitsuna belonged to the Miura Clan, but, as he lived at Sahara in the Miura Peninsula, he called his family Sahara.  When Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199) raised an army agains the Taira Clan, he joined the army and had Unkei carve an Arya Avalokitesvara statue.  Yoshitsura was one of the 70 horsemen under Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1189), who attacked the Taira Clan at Ichinotani from the mountain ridge to the north.

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