Virtual Iruhi Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #28 Jogan-ji Temple

 

     Jogan-ji Temple's history is unknown.  It was abolished with its images of Ksitigarbha as Lord of the Six Ways left in front of its site.  The images were made in 1706.  Ksitigarbha as Lord of the Six Ways are supposed to be guardians of the 6 ways or 6 worlds to which living creatures are repeatedly to be reborn.  The 6 worlds are the world of gods or celestial beings (deva), the world of warlike demigods (asura), the world of human beings (manushya), the world of animals (tiryagyoni), the world of the starving (preta), and the world of Hell (naraka).

     After its abolishment, where did Jogan-ji Temple go?  The site is now covered with plum trees.  Can there be the floral world?

Address: Kamiyatsu, Ogose, Iruma District, Saitama 350-0407

Ksitigarbha as Lord of the Six Ways

Google Map: X7H9+57 Ogose, Saitama