Virtual Old Kamakura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #24 Oishi-ji Temple

 

     Oishi-ji Temple used to be here since early times.  It had enshrined the statue of Ekadasamukha, who has 11 faces, carved by Gyoki 668-749).  The temple was abolished due to the movement to abolish Buddhism and destroy Buddhist images at the beginning of the Meiji Period.  The deity was moved to #23 Kannon-ji Temple.  After the abolishment, the village was prone to bad luck.  The villagers got the statue back in 1952, and enshrined it in the site of Oishi-ji Temple, where Yanamyo Shrine is located today.

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