Virtual Kodama Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #8 Hase-Kannon-do Hall

 

     The Kodama Corps made a copy of the Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha statue of Hase-dera Temple in Yamato Province and enshrined the copy in Kanaya Village, Kodama County, Musashi Province.

     Emperor Toyosakurahiko (701-756) built Hase-dera Temple in Nara in 727.  Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura was built in 736.  Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386-1428) built another Hase-dera Temple in Katsuyama, Awa Province.  Chokoku-ji utilizes the same Chinese-character notation with Hase-dera, and we have more than 240 Hase-dera and Chokoku-ji Temples in Japan, and all of them enshrine Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha.

     The Eleven-Faced Ekadasamukha statue, which has been believed to be effective for exorcizing bad luck, and its hall is taken care of by Kodama Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #30 Enryu-ji Temple.

Address: 216 Kodamacho Kanaya, Honjo, Saitama 367-0216

Hase-dera Temple

Address: 731-1 Hase, Sakurai, Nara 633-0112

Phone: 0744-47-7001

Hase-dera Temple

Address: 3 Chome-11-2 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016

Phone: 0467-22-6300

Hase-dera Temple

Address: 409 Katsuyama, Kyonancho, Chiba 299-2117 

Phone: 0470-55-3109

Chokoku-ji Temple

Address: 448 Shiroiwamachi, Takasaki, Gunma 370-3332

Phone: 027-343-0349