Kashōzan ryūge-in Temple

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迦葉山龍華院

This Sōtō Zen temple offers a historic Kannon-dō and one of Japan's great Tengu masks.

Kashōzan ryūge-in Temple — photo: Qurren ( talk ) Taken with Canon IXY 430F (Digital IXUS 245 HS) CC BY-SA 3.0 resized via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

A Sōtō Zen temple.
Main deity is Shō Kannon Bosatsu.
Converted to Sōtō Zen in 1456.
Became a prayer temple for Tokugawa Ieyasu.

What to see

Large Tengu mask in the Chūhōdō.
The Kannon-dō, an early modern building.
Designated natural monument, Umakakure Sugi.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

群馬県沼田市上発知町445 Open in Google Maps

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