東光寺, Buddhist temple in Ogura, Yamagata, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Tōkō-ji is a Rinzai-shū Myōshin-ji branch temple in Ogura, Yamagata, Gifu Prefecture, with the mountain name Fujisan and Shō Kannon Bosatsu as its principal image. Its main hall (hondō) is a Yamagata City-designated cultural property, and the temple grounds are a city-designated scenic spot. It is the 9th stop on the Mino Thirty-three Kannon pilgrimage and the 64th on the Mino Shikoku pilgrimage.
Tōkō-ji was founded in the Meiō era (1492–1501) of the Muromachi period by Kion, with Kaō Raisun as founder and Tōyō Eichō invited as founding abbot. It belongs to the Rinzai-shū Myōshin-ji school, bears the mountain name Fujisan, and is the 9th stop on the Mino Thirty-three Kannon pilgrimage and the 64th on the Mino Shikoku route.
Tōkō-ji is the ninth stop on the Mino Thirty-three Kannon pilgrimage and the sixty-fourth on the Mino Shikoku route, so visitors may see pilgrims in white robes with staffs and stamp books. The main image is a statue of Shō Kannon Bosatsu. The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Zen.
Tōkō-ji stands in Ogura, Yamagata, Gifu Prefecture, and is the ninth stop on the Mino Thirty-three Kannon pilgrimage and the 64th on the Mino Shikoku route. Visitors following either circuit stop here to pay respects at the main hall, which the city has designated a cultural property.
The temple's honzon is a Shō Kannon Bosatsu, and the grounds are registered as a Place of Scenic Beauty by Yamagata city. The main hall and a seated Kannon statue attributed to the monk Enkū are also city-designated cultural properties, so the temple holds three separate municipal designations.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 94,141 contributors worldwide.