Omaedachi no Kannon - Omaedachi no Kannon

...The temple's founder, Mitsuhide, supported Okyo when he was still unknown, and Okyo cooperated in the restoration of the temple, which was followed by his disciples. There are 165 sliding door paintings by the Maruyama-Shijo school, as well as folding screens, partitions, and hanging scrolls. The main Kannon statue in the Kannon Hall (main hall) is made of a single piece of cypress wood and was created in the late Heian period, and the ``Omae-dachi no Kannon'' is an even more ancient standing statue of Seigan-in (Holy Bodhisattva) also made of a single piece of cypress wood. All three, along with the eleven-headed Kannon statue in the reception hall, are Important Cultural Properties. [Ishida Yoshito]...

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…当寺の中興密英が無名時代の応挙を援助したため，応挙が再興に協力し弟子たちがそれにならったもので，円山四条派一派の描いた襖絵などは165面に及び，屛風，衝立（ついたて），掛軸などもある。観音堂(本堂)の本尊観音立像は檜材一木造で平安後期の作，〈お前立ちの観音〉も檜材一木造のさらに古様の聖観音立像で，客殿の内仏の十一面観音立像とともに3体とも重要文化財である。【石田 善人】。…

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