Virtual Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #6 Furumachi-Sumino-Kannon-do Hall

 

     The Old Nukanobu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #5 has gone.

     It is unknown when Empuku-ji Temple was founded in Sannohe, Nukanobu County, Mutsu Province.  The 11th head of the Sanhohe-Nanbu Family, Nobunaga, built Shojuji Fortress during the Southern and Northern Courts Period (1336-1392).  Empuku-ji Temple might have been founded after the period.  It is unknown when the temple was abolished with its Sumino-Kannnon left, but its abolishment could have been after the 24th head of the family moved their base to Sannohe Castle after 1539.

     Sumino-Kannon-do Hall enshrines the 30-centimeters-tall sitting wooden image of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, and was first documented in 1653 as Sannnohe-Sumino-Kannon.  Hachinohe also has Sumino-Kannon.

Address: Masuzawa-102 Komukai, Nambu, Sannohe District, Aomori 039-0104

Shojuji Fortress Site Information Center

Address: Shojuji-81-2 Komukai, Nambu, Sannohe District, Aomori 039-0104

Phone: 0179-23-4711

Sannohe-jo Castle Ruins

Address: Shironoshita-34-2 Umenai, Sannohe, Sannohe District, Aomori 039-0112