Entsuzan Kannonji (Misaki Kannon Zen Temple)
Main Image Wooden Standing Senju Kannon (Eleven-faced, Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Kannon, Misaki Kannon) Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
Impression TagsGentlenessNobilitySolemnity
DescriptionThe principal image of Kannonji, a Soto Zen temple near the southern tip of the Nagasaki Peninsula, is a wooden standing Senju Kannon long venerated as Misaki Kannon. Approximately 2.5 meters tall, it bears eleven faces above its head and has forty-two arms. Its full cheeks, serene expression and delicately shallow robe folds reflect late Heian-period sculpture, while the core of the head and body was carved from one block of wood. It is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. Temple tradition traces its founding to Gyoki in 709. During the Edo period, worshippers traveled the Misaki Road from Nagasaki to visit the statue. An older Nagasaki City guide states that the image is unveiled on the 18th of each month.
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