Kannonji Temple

Japanese: 観音寺 - かんのんじ

This temple belongs to the Daikakuji school of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, and is located in Kotohiki Park, a nationally designated place of scenic beauty, on the slopes of Mt. Kotohiki in Kannonji City, Kagawa Prefecture. It is also known as Kannonji or Shippo-san Jinne-in Kannon Temple. It was founded in the Nara period as a branch temple of Kotohiki Hachiman Shrine (located at the summit of Mt. Kotohiki), and in 807 Kukai built the Chukon-do Hall and enshrined a self-carved Kannon statue as the principal image. He also built the Saikon-do Hall and Tokon-do Hall. The current principal images are Shokannon, Shaka Nyorai, and Yakushi Nyorai. It is the 69th temple of the 88 Shikoku Temples. Jin'ei-in Temple (a combination of the temple separated from Kotohiki Hachiman-gu Shrine during the separation of Shinto and Buddhism in the Meiji era), which enshrines the local Buddha of Kotohiki Hachiman-gu Shrine, is the 68th temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. There are two temples on one mountain, and the temple town developed with the popularity of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The Chukon-do Hall, which was rebuilt in 1525, the Kotohiki Shrine legend painting, and the wooden reclining Buddha statue are designated as important cultural properties.

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Japanese:

香川県観音寺(かんおんじ)市の琴弾(ことひき)山中腹，国指定名勝の琴弾公園内にある真言宗大覚寺派の寺。〈かんおんじ〉，七宝山神恵院(しっぽうさんじんねいん)観音寺とも。奈良時代に琴弾八幡宮（琴弾山山頂に鎮座）の別当寺として開創，807年に空海が中金堂を建立，自刻の観音像を本尊として安置，さらに西金堂・東金堂を建立したという。現在の本尊は聖観音・釈迦如来・薬師如来。四国八十八ヵ所第69番札所。琴弾八幡宮の本地仏を祀る神恵院（明治の神仏分離で琴弾八幡宮から分離したものを合体）は四国霊場第68番札所で，一山に２ヵ札所があり，四国遍路の盛行に伴い門前町が発展した。1525年再建の中金堂，琴弾宮縁起絵・木造涅槃仏像などは重要文化財。

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