Komyoji Temple
Main Image Wooden Standing Thousand-Armed Kannon (Namiwake Kannon) Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
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DescriptionThis wooden standing Thousand-Armed Kannon is enshrined in the Treasure Hall of Komyoji Temple and is designated a Important Cultural Property. Dating to the late Heian period, it is traditionally said to have been donated in the Muromachi period by Shimazui Jiro Sukenaga, lord of Yosaki Castle on Mukaishima, who kept it as a personal devotional image aboard his ship. Known as the “Namiwake Kannon,” or Kannon who parts the waves, it became an object of faith among the maritime warriors of the Seto Inland Sea. It is also a component property of the Japan Heritage story on the Murakami Kaizoku. The Treasure Hall can be viewed by advance reservation.
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