Senju Kannon Hall (Hasama Kannon)

Japanese name： 千手観音堂（挾間の観音）

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Main Image Wooden Standing Thousand-Armed Kannon Category Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)

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This standing wooden Thousand-Armed Kannon in Hasama, Buzen City, is an Important Cultural Property of Japan. Believed to date to the late Heian period, it measures about 211.2 cm in height and is carved from a single camphorwood trunk. Its small head, rounded body and gentle, youthful face are distinctive; the subsidiary arms are carved in low relief on a fan-shaped panel. Traditionally the principal image of Iwayasan Sensuiji, it is also called the 'Milk Kannon' after a legend about water emerging from the rock wall behind it. Still venerated today, the statue is unveiled monthly on the 17th.

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Spot ID 9807

Temple / Site Senju Kannon Hall (Hasama Kannon)

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Visiting Status Unveiled on the 17th of each month (advance arrangements required on other days)

Address 福岡県豊前市大字挾間1244

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