Virtual Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #15 Shorin-ji Temple

 

     When a merchant was crossing the Yunoo Pass in Echizen Province, he heard some mystery persons talking, "I was going to spread a plague in Omi Province, but an eleven-faced Ekadasamukha statue carved by Jocho interrupted me.  Instead, I will spread a plague in eastern provinces."  The merchant found them to be evil demons.  He got an eleven-faced Ekadasamukha statue carved by Jocho (?-1057), a famous Buddhist sculptor, and brought it to Chichibu. He built a hermitage near Chichibu Shrine to enshrine the statue in it.  In the Edo Period (1603-1867), the hermitage became a temple, Zofuku-ji.  After the Meiji Restoration Government issued the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868, the temple was abolished.

     Many locals and pilgrims requested the revival of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage #15, and Shorin-ji Temple was moved to its present place in 1917 from Yanashima, Chichibu.  It is unknown when Shorin-ji Temple was founded.

Address: 7-9 Banbamachi, Chichibu, Saitama 368-0041

Phone: 0494-22-3541