Kannon-ji, Buddhist temple in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Kannon-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kyōtanabe composed of several buildings with a main hall displaying a national treasure statue of the Eleven-faced Kannon in traditional style. The complex belongs to the Chizan School of Pure Land Buddhism and remains an active place of worship for the local community.

The temple's documented history is uncertain: its traditional origin account comes from the "Tsubai Monjo", a forged Edo-period text by Tsubai Masataka, which claims founding in the Hakuho period by the Hosso monk Gien and a 744 revival by Roben under the name Sokenzan Fugen Kyoho-ji. Records show a fire in 794 and repeated blazes, with Fujiwara patronage funding rebuilds. A 1437 fire destroyed 13 halls and about 20 monks' quarters; after a 1565 fire only the Omidō remained. The present hall was rebuilt in 1953.

The honzon is a National Treasure: a standing Eleven-faced Kannon 172.7 cm tall, made in the 8th century by the wood-core dry-lacquer method, with layers of kokuso lacquer built up over a carved core. Part of the crown and the lotus petals of the base are original. It is often compared with the Eleven-faced Kannon of Shōrin-ji in Nara, made by the same technique.

The temple stands at Fugenji-shimo-daimon 13 in Kyōtanabe. From Kintetsu or JR Miyamaki Station it is a 30-minute walk; Nara Kōtsū buses 90 and 91 stop at Fugenji, but run only six times a day combined. Bus 100 to Doshisha University's Davis Memorial Hall runs one to two times hourly, with a 900 m walk from the terminus and fewer runs on days the university is closed.

The temple's mountain name, Sokōzan, comes from the forged Tsubai documents, not from local tradition. Tsubai Masataka, active in Ōmi Province in his youth, gave the temple this name and a lineage of Sokō and Shuchi samurai; the name reflects his knowledge of the Ōmi Sokō clan, not any Nangashiro tradition.