Virtual Western Edo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #22 Doon-ji Temple

     Doo-ji Temple was founded sometime between 1661 and 1673, when the family register was accomplished by forcing every family to belong to a Buddhist temple, which, of course, increased the number of temples.  Doon-ji Temple has a Kannon-do Hall, which enshrines the statue of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of other 6 metamorphoses, and a thousand-armed Sahasrabhuja statue.  The Arya Avalokiteshvara statue is the #21 deity of the Western Edo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and the Sahasrabhuja statue is the #22 deity.  Neither is shown to the public and both are concealed in a black sacred box, in front of which you can find 33 copies of the 33 statues of Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, the very original Kannon pilgrimage.

     Doo-ji Temple is the #27 and #28 member temple of the Old Edo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.  It isn’t certain which statue is #27 and which statue is #28.

Address: 2 Chome-16-13 Takanawa, Minato City, Tokyo 108-0074

Phone: 03-3446-7676