Bujoji Temple
Main Image Wooden Seated Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Kannon Bosatsu Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
Impression TagsNobilityMysterySolemnity
DescriptionAn old temple of the Honzan Shugendo tradition on the slopes of Mt. Daihi in Hanase. Traditionally founded by Kanku in 1154, it is renowned for its Main Hall, Japan's oldest surviving stage-style temple building projecting from a cliff. The wooden seated Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Kannon Bosatsu preserved in the Treasure Repository dates to the temple's founding year, 1154, and is designated an Important Cultural Property. The image is normally closed to the public, but the repository opens on limited special-viewing days in early May, September 17, and early November. Rain cancels viewing, so access is highly restricted, but this remains an exceptionally rare opportunity to encounter a late-Heian principal image in a mountain temple of Shugendo.
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