Virtual Kanesawa 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #20 Hosho-ji Temple

 

     At the turn of the 15th century, Priest Jusei at Hoshaku-ji Temple had a dream.  A young child appeard, telling his name Banjo.  Choked with tears, the child said to Jusei; “I hid a Buddhist image in a cave west to your temple to save it from the ravages of war.  Would you please take it out and hold Buddhist services for it?”

     Next morning, Jusei walked west in mountains and found a cave covered with a rock.  He removed the rock to find a holy box in the cave.  In the box, there was a Sahasrabhuja statue.  Jusei built a small shed in the cave and enshrined the statue in it.

     More than a century later, Priest Shinku (?-1560) renamed the temple Hosho-ji.

     On January 15, 1957, the Sahasrabhuja statue was stolen.  Will someone have a dream to find the statue again?

Hosho-ji Temple

Address: 126 Hitorizawacho, Isogo Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa 235-0043

Phone: 045-771-3958