Eri-ji Temple
恵利寺
Eri-ji is a historic Rinzai temple with a revered Kannon image, rebuilt after a 16th-century fire.
What it is
- A Rinzai sect Myoshin-ji school temple.
- Principal image is an Eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva.
- Originated with Gyoki enshrining a self-carved Kannon.
- Emperor Shomu bestowed the imperial plaque of Kanjizai-o-in.
What to see
- The principal image, an Eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva.
- Fudo Myo-o enshrined during the Heian period.
- A monument to Yuzen Gentatsu, who became a monk here.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
岐阜県関市武芸川町跡部705 Open in Google Maps
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