Virtual Shonai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #21 Shoyo-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when and where Omonoimi Shrine's shrine temple was founded.  In 1338, an Amitabha sitting statue was carved by Ryogaku and was enshrined in the temple.  In 1506, a Bhaisajyaguru statue was enshrined in the temple.  Since the 2 Buddhist images are kept in Shoyo-ji Temple, it claims that it used to be the shrine temple.  Abe Sadato (1019-1062) built a gorinto or five-ringed tower, which is a Japanese type of Buddhist pagoda, in its precincts.  Fukura was the northern limit of Sadato's influence.  To put it in another way, it was the northern limit of the Imperial Court's cognition although Sadato rebelled against the court.

Mt. Chokai looks down at

The mountains, rivers, and the sea.

Mega's waves look up to the mountain.

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