Kankyozan Hundred Rock-Carved Buddhas
Main Image Hundred Rock-Carved Buddhas (Jizo, Kannon, Fudo Myo-o and others) Category Other
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DescriptionThis prefecturally designated cultural property consists of more than one hundred images of Jizo and Kannon Bodhisattvas and others carved in low relief and incised lines on a massive granite boulder halfway up Mount Kankyo. Tradition attributes the carvings to Jokai, who revived Ganjoji Temple, and the group also includes an incised Fudo Myoo, Buddha-form figures, and the Sixteen Arhats. The dates span a wide period: the Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education notes images from the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Edo periods, while Kasumigaura City sees the Jizo figures as centering on the early Edo period. Popularly known as the “Hundred Kannon,” this is a rare group of rock-carved Buddhist images that can be seen on the original mountain boulder. The site lies on the Kanto Fureai Trail route called the “Fruit Village Path,” but access uses a road within the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute grounds. Visitors must stay outside fenced and chain-rope restricted areas and take care underfoot.
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