Virtual Ueno Oji Komagome 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #28 Entsu-ji Temple

 

     Entsu-ji Temple was founded by Priest Kaishu (?-1664) at Ochanomizu in 1631, supported by a woman whose posthumous name was Kyusho, who might have been a court lady of the Date Clan.  Kaishu respected Priest Kosai (1530-1611), who was a tutor of Date Masamune (1567-1636), and made him a nominal founder of the temple.  The temple burned down in the 1657 Meireki Fire, and was moved to its present place in 1672.

     The temple enshrines a statue of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, which was said to be a copy of the Arya Avalokitesvara statue enshrined in the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #28 Nariai-ji Temple.

     Another guide book pointed out another similarity:  Nariai-ji Temple was founded by Priest Shin'o due to an Imperial order.  The founder of Entsu-ji Temple, Priest Kaishu, was given his posthumous name by the Imperial Court.

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