Asabara One Hundred Kannon
Main Image One Hundred Kannon (Saigoku 33, Bando 33 and Chichibu 34 Pilgrimage Kannon) Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
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DescriptionThe Asabara One Hundred Kannon in Omama, Midori, is a group of 100 stone Kannon images created from 1839 to 1841. They bring together the principal images of the 33 Saigoku, 33 Bando and 34 Chichibu Kannon pilgrimage temples in one place. Led by petitioner Shinjiro Hoshino, 108 people contributed to their construction, and stonemason Naokichi Mitsuchika Toyama of Onakata Village in Hitachi Province lived in Asabara while carving them over three years. The group includes varied forms such as Sho Kannon, Thousand-Armed Kannon, Eleven-Faced Kannon, Nyoirin Kannon, Bato Kannon and Juntei Kannon, and changes in their forms reveal how the sculptor studied and refined his representations as the work progressed. Designated a Historic Site by Midori City, the outdoor group allows visitors to make a devotional circuit of all one hundred Kannon images on site.
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