Tenpuku-ji, Buddhist temple in Hanamigawa-ku, Japan
Tenpuku-ji is a Shingon-shu Buzan-ha temple in Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, on Mount Hanashima. Its main image is an eleven-faced Kannon, carved according to temple tradition by Gyoki in 709, which gives the temple its name Hanashima Kannon. The Kannon hall where the image was first placed is said to have begun the site, with the temple later built as its betto-ji and the hall moved here.
Tenpuku-ji belongs to the Shingon Buzan school and carries the mountain name Hanashimazan. According to temple tradition, it began as a Kannon hall housing a statue carved by Gyōki in 709, the second year of Wadō; the temple was later built as that hall's bettō-ji, and the hall was eventually moved onto the temple grounds. Its principal image is a standing Eleven-Faced Kannon, a cultural property designated by Chiba Prefecture.
Tenpuku-ji belongs to the Shingon Buzan school and is known as Hanashima Kannon, after its main image, an eleven-faced Kannon. Temple tradition says the Kannon hall began with a statue carved by Gyoki in 709, and the temple was built as its betcho-ji, the administrative temple serving that hall. The wooden standing eleven-faced Kannon statue is a cultural property designated by Chiba Prefecture.
Tenpuku-ji stands at 60 Hanashima-machi, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, in the northern part of the city. The grounds are reached from the Hanashima area of Hanamigawa-ku; the temple is a Shingon-shū Buzan-ha site, so check locally before planning a visit, as the sources give no opening times or visitor facilities.
Tenpuku-ji belongs to the Shingon Buzan school, not Zen, and its main image is an eleven-faced Kannon statue carved, by temple tradition, by Gyoki in 709; the temple grew as the betto-ji serving the Kannon hall. The grounds lie in Hanashima-machi, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, and the Kannon statue is a Chiba Prefecture designated cultural property.
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