Abuto Kannon - Abuto Kannon

...A port town in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Located at the tip of the Numakuma Peninsula, the coastal area is called Tomonoura and is blessed with beautiful views of the islands and sea, including Sensui Island, Benten Island, Taicho-ro, whose view was praised by Korean envoy Lee Bang-hiko as the most beautiful in the East, and Abuto Kannon (Bandai-ji Temple) at Abuto Cape on the southwestern tip of the peninsula on the Numakuma Town side. It is included in the Setonaikai National Park and is a national scenic spot as Tomo Park.
[Tomo in ancient and medieval times]
Located almost in the center of the Seto Inland Sea, it has long been a port for waiting for the tide, and the Manyoshu records that Dazai no Sochi Otomo no Tabito and his envoys to Silla also called at the port, so it is known that it was already a base for inland sea routes during the Nara period.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Afuto Kannon" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…広島県福山市の港町。沼隈（ぬまくま）半島の先端に位置し，沿岸一帯は鞆ノ浦と呼ばれ，仙酔（せんすい）島や弁天島，朝鮮使節李邦彦にその眺望を〈日東第一形勝〉と賞された対潮楼，半島南西端，沼隈町側の阿伏兎（あぶと）岬にある阿伏兎観音(磐台寺)など，島と海との好景に恵まれている。瀬戸内海国立公園に含まれ，また鞆公園として国の名勝となっている。
［古代･中世の鞆］
　瀬戸内海のほぼ中央に位置するため古くから潮待ち港となり，大宰帥大伴旅人や遣新羅使一行も寄港したことが《万葉集》に見え，奈良時代にすでに内海航路の拠点となっていたことが知られる。…

※「阿伏兎観音」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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