Virtual Kesen 33 Kannon Pigrimage #32 Sakaguchi-Kannon-do Hall

 

     It is unknown when Amaterasu Mioya Shrine was founded.  Senpuku-ji Temple was founded in 1557 as its shrine temple.  The shrine was revived by Chiba Tanenobu sometime between 1299 and 1302.  A Kannon-do hall was built in 1606 for a carved wooden image of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses.

     Senpuku-ji Temple was abolished in 1872, 4 years after the Meiji Restoration Government issued the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868.  The image and its hall was moved to Kosho-ji Temple.

Amaterasu Mioya Shrine

Address: Honmaru-28 Takatacho, Rikuzentakata, Iwate 029-2205

Kosho-ji Temple

Address: Samukaze-60 Takatacho, Rikuzentakata, Iwate 029-2205