Japan 100 Kannon Pilgrimage

The Japan 100 Kannon (日本百観音, Nihon Hyaku Kannon) is a pilgrimage circuit that is composed of the following three independent pilgrimage circuits:[1]

  • Saigoku 33 Kannon (西国三十三所, Saigoku Sanjūsansho), in the Kansai region.
  • Bandō 33 Kannon (坂東三十三箇所, Bandō Sanjūsankasho), in the Kantō region.
  • Chichibu 34 Kannon (秩父三十四箇所, Chichibu Sanjūyonkasho), in Chichibu, Saitama.

The Chichibu 34 Kannon pilgrimage originally had 33 temples, but in 1525 another one was added in order have a hundred temples when joined to the circuits of the Saigoku and Bandō pilgrimages.

See also

  • Shikoku Pilgrimage, 88 Temple pilgrimage in the Shikoku island.
  • Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage, pilgrimage in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures.
  • Chūgoku 33 Kannon, pilgrimage in the Chūgoku region.
  • Kannon
  • For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.

References

  1. ^ http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/graphicversion/dbase/reikenki/index.html 日本百観音, International Research Center for Japanese Studies (in Japanese)
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