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Virtual Kawabe 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #17 Saiun-ji Temple

 

     Saiun-ji Temple was founded in Tomatsu Village, Kawabe County, Settsu Province, before the middle of the 16th century.  The village was first documented in 1594, but Tomatsu Manor was first documented in 1157.  The manor was owned by Fujiwara Yorinaga (1120-1156).  After he was killed in the Hogen Rebellion in 1156, it was owned by Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127-1192).

Address: 2-chome-17-1 Tomatsucho, Amagasaki, Hyogo 661-0003

Phone: 06-6421-3112

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Virtual Kawabe 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #16 Daiku-ji Temple

 

     Daiku-ji Temple claims to have been founded by Gyoki (668-749) sometime when the 45th Emperor Shomu (701-756) reigned from 724 to 749.

     When Araki Murashige(1535-1586), who was based in Arioka Castle, fought against Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) from 1578 to 1579, the temple and its main deity, the statue of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, burned down.  The statue was said to have been made sometime between the 10th and 12th centuries.

     Another Arya Avalokitesvara statue was remade in 1685.

Address: 6 Chome-5-5 Noma, Itami, Hyogo 664-0873

Phone: 072-781-1149