Virtual Gyotoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #2 Kongo-in Temple

 

     Kinkai built a hermitage when he settled in Gyotoku in 1527.  The hermitage was named Kongo-in presumably after his death.  When Gyotoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized in 1690, a Kongo-in Temple still existed and it was listed as the #2 member temple.  When Edo Meisho Zue (the Guide to famous Edo sites) was published in 1834,  it was already introduced as the site of Kongo-in Temple.

     Fukusen-ji Temple was founded in 1625.

     It is unknown when its statue of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, was moved to Fukusen-ji Temple, which itself was abolished after the Meiji Restoration.

Fukusen-ji Temple 

Address: 2 Chome-7 Futamata, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-0001