Virtual Settsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #15 Kanpuku-ji Temple

 

     Kanpuku-ji Temple was founded around 640 by Hermit Hodo, who came to the area on a purple cloud from India.  Since the Heian period (794-1183), it has been protected by the Minamot Family, who became the lord of the area.  After the temple was destroyed in a major earthquake in 976, it was rebuilt in 985, and, at its peak, it had 7 sub-temples and was the central temple of the area.  It was protected by successive lords thereafter, and after it was destroyed in a fire in 1541, it was rebuilt by Morimoto Nobumasa, the lord of Tokura Castle.  Its Nio Gate was built in 1548.  During the Edo period, Aoki Shigenori (1665-1729), the 4th lord of the Asada Domain, donated a copy of the Large Perfection of Wisdom Sutra inscribed in gold on dark blue paper.  Since ancient times, the temple has been a syncretized temple of Shinto and Buddhism, and has been in charge of rituals as the shrine temple of Takamefu Shrine, which was founded sometime between 593 and 628.  The temple became an independent temple after the Meiji Restoration Government issued the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868.

     Kanpuku-ji Temple is also the #10 member temple of the Upper Tadasho 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.

Address: 433-1 Kawara, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1403

Phone: 079-569-0480

Takamefu Shrine

Address: 50 Sakai, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1405

Phone: 079-569-0077