Virtual Gyotoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #100(?) Fujiwara-Kannon-do Temple

 

     Kansei made 2 statues of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, from a wood in 962: one for Aota-ji Temple and the other for Kenjo-ji Temple.

     In the 17th century in Gyotoku, new rice fields were developed and Fujiwara Village was formed.    Tanaka Sanzaemon invited the Arya Avalokitesvara statue in Kenjo-ji Temple and founded Fujiwara-Kannon-do Temple in 1690.

     It is believed that you should visit the Gyotoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage thrice and then visit Fujiwara-Kannon-do Temple to make its divine blessings maximum.  Accordingly, Fujiwara-Kannon-do Temple is considered as the #100 of Gyotoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.  Gyotoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage might have compactly copied the idea to make it 100 by visiting the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, the Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, and the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage.

Aona-ji Temple

Address: 46 Higashinotsuji, Kameoka, Kyoto 621-0029

Phone: 0771-24-0809

Kenju-ji Temple

Address: 96 Nishi, Maizuru, Kyoto 624-0937

Phone: 0773-75-0349

Address: 3 Chome−2−18 Fujiwara, Funahashi, Chiba 273-0047