Virtual Old Akashi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #15 Seisui-ji Temple

 

     Seisui-ji Temple claims to have been founded in 716 by Priest Joe (643-666).  Their time lines are contradictory to each other.  The temple's main deity is Bhaisajyaguru.

     Jinno-ji Temple, Chorin-ji, Koke-ji, and Jurin-ji Temples claim that they belong to the Akashi Seven Yakushi Buddhas.  Taisan-ji Temple might be a member of the Akashi Seven Yakushi Buddhas.  If we included Seisui-ji Temple, we would have 6 of the Akashi Seven Yakushi Buddhas.

     Shimoosabe Sumiyoshi Shrine’s priest, Morioka Tangonokami, is said to have led the foundation of Seisui-ji Temple.  The shrine is said to have been founded in 754, nearly 4 decades after the foundation of Seisui-ji Temple.  Everything is inconsistent with one another.

     The temple’s Buddhist tanka poem is:

It's a blessing.

As we make a wish,

Bhaisajyaguru protect us every time.

or

A white waterfall in the mountain

And the sound of the winds through pine trees

Will certainly make it cool.

     Inconsistency shadows even on the Buddhist tanka poems.

Address: Wada-570 Oshibedanicho, Nishi Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2206

Jinno-ji Temple

Address: 2 Chome-14-18 Hayashi, Akashi, Hyogo 673-0034

Phone: 078-923-4351

Chorin-ji Temple

Address: 9-4 Zaimokucho, Akashi, Hyogo 673-0893

Phone: 078-911-4727

Koke-ji Temple

Address: 2-chome-10-35 Taidera, Akashi, Hyogo 673-0845

Phone: 078-911-3755

Jurin-ji Temple

Address: 1074 Takasagocho Yokomachi, Takasago, Hyogo 676-0051

Phone: 079-442-0242

Taisan-ji Temple

Address: Zenkai-224 Ikawadani-chō, Nishi Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2108

Phone: 078-976-6658

Shimoosabe Sumiyoshi Shrine

Address: Saita-302 Oshibedanicho, Nishi Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2207

Phone: 078-994-4406