Iwaya Kannon
Main Image Thirty-Three Kannon Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
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DescriptionIwaya Kannon is a group of Buddhist images carved into the eastern cliff of Mt. Shinobu, centered on the Thirty-Three Kannon and including more than 60 figures such as Jizo and Fudo. Its origin is said to date to the late Heian to Kamakura period, when the Igarame clan, who ruled this area, enshrined a Sho-Kannon in a hall hollowed out of the rock; the present Kannon Hall was rebuilt in 1614 (Keicho 19). The cliff carvings are said to have been created during the Edo period as devotion to the Saigoku Thirty-Three Kannon spread among ordinary people. After climbing 83 stone steps, visitors can freely worship the Kannon images arranged across the rock face.
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