Virtual Quasi-Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #12 Kannon-ji Temple

 

     At the turn of the 13th century, Inage Someone-or-other enshrined an Avalokitesvara statue in Ida Village.  So says tradition.  An Inage who lived at the time might have been Inage Shigenari (?-1205) or his family member.

     Shigenari loved his wife so deeply that he became a Buddhist priest after her death and built a bridge over the River Banyu to pray for the comfort of her in the other world in 1198.  So, the statue might have been another memorial.

     In 1595, a flood hit the village and washed away the statue.   Years past, and one day Monk Keiko happened to find the statue in Yagami River.  He enshrined it in Yagami Village, built a hermitage near the statue, and stayed there.

Address: 6-8 Yagami, Saiwai Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 212-0056

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