Virtual New Mutsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #7 Daigyo-ji Temple

 

     Thousand-Armed Sahasrabhuja is said to have been enshrined on a hill which commands Matsushima Bay sometime between 806 and 810.  By the time the New Mutsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized in 1123, the statue was worshiped as one the Oshu Three Avalokitesvara along with the #8 and #9 deities of the pilgrimage.  Did scenic beauty religiously matter?  Or was sightseeing already an important factor of the pilgrimage as early as in the 12th century?

Address: Miura−93, Tetaru, Matsushima, Miyagi District, Miyagi 981-0211

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