Virtual Old Mutsu 33 Kannon Pigrimage #33 Tendai-ji Temple

 

     An Avalokitesvara image was enshrined in a hill along Appi River.  The river's valley has been an important point of transportation between the Kitakami River Basin in the south and the Pacific in the north.  Even today, the Hachinohe Expressway runs through the valley.

     It is unknown where its original statue has gone.  In the 11th century, a new image was made and Tendai-ji Temple was founded to take care of it.

     In 811, when the Old Mutsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized, Shiwa County was organized as the northernmost territory of the Imperial Court in Mutsu Province.  The county expanded northward gradually, and, in the 10th century, its northern half became an independent county, Iwate County.

     In 811, accordingly, the Appi River Basin was still the territory of northern foreigners who belonged to the Jomon Culture.

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