Youkihi Kannon Dou — Attraction in Kyoto

Rakuyo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #20 Yokihi Kannon-do Hall After sightseeing the Tsutenkyo Bridge surrounded with beautiful red maple leaves and packed with sightseers in Tofuku-ji Temple, I kept away from busy approaches and took the Kyoto Trail Higashiyama instead. I walked out of Tofuku-ji Temple through a small modern gate near Sanmon, an old big temple gate which is permanently closed, and turned left to climb a hill. After walking for more than 10 minutes, I found a narrow way down to the upper stream of Ninohashi River, which ran under the Tsuten-kyo Bridge. I crossed the stream, walked up hills, and arrived in front of the reception of Sen'yu-ji Temple. I knew I had to pay the admission fee for the temple to visit #20 Avalokitesvara statue of the Rakuyo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. I paid 500 yen and took to a narrow alley on my left. Scientifically speaking, the statue of Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of the other 6 metamorphoses, is supposed to have been made under the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), and it was brought to Japan in 1255. Its beauty generated a rumor that Emperor Xuanzon (685-762) of the Tang Dynasty ordered to make it after Yang Yuhuan (719-756), or more commonly known as Yang Guifei, who was known as one of the Three Beauties in the world. Paying no attention to the gossip, the Arya Avalokitesvara statue was silently...

楊貴妃観音堂は応仁の乱後に新造されたそうです。観音像は寛喜2年(1230)寺僧・湛海によって宋より請来され、当初は楊柳(ようりゅう)観音として「補陀海山円通宝閣」の扁額を掲げた法堂の2階に月蓋長者・善財童子を脇侍として安置されていたそうです。法堂は応仁の乱で焼失、観音堂が建立されるまでは仮堂に安置されていたそうです。...

泉涌寺の大門に入り左手奥の堂内中央に安置されています。 1255年に中国より渡来した観音様。 玄宗皇帝が亡き楊貴妃を偲んで造らせたとのこと。 長い間100年に一度しか公開されない秘仏だったが1955年より一般公開されるようになったそうです。 女性が叶えたい様々な願いを叶えてくれ、良縁祈願、美人祈願、安産祈願で沢山の参拝客が訪れます。 石田純一さんもご結婚前に参拝してるらしいです。 思ったよりも小さいのでもっとお近くで拝見したいですね。 あと気のせいなのか「まばたき」をされて...