Konzō-ji Temple

Overview

Konzo-ji is a Tendai Jimon-sect temple in Kanakuraji-cho, Zentsuji City, Kagawa Prefecture. Its mountain name is Keisokuzan and its temple hall name is Hodo-in; it is the 76th temple of the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Sacred Places pilgrimage, and its principal image is Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha.

Highlights

• ●Its standing as the 76th temple of the Shikoku Eighty-Eight pilgrimage
• ●The temple's formal name combining Keisokuzan and Hodo-in
• ●Devotion centered on the principal image, Yakushi Nyorai
• ●The Benzaiten enshrined here as part of the Shichikasho-mairi pilgrimage

History

Temple tradition dates its founding to 774, making it one of the older temples along the Shikoku pilgrimage route. Its formal name, combining the mountain name Keisokuzan with the hall name Hodo-in, reflects the layered naming conventions typical of esoteric Buddhist temples.

Map

34.2501, 133.7810 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1Pass through the temple gate into the grounds of the 76th sacred site
2. 2Pay respects to Yakushi Nyorai in the main hall and recite the mantra
3. 3Visit the Benzaiten hall, part of the separate seven-temple pilgrimage
4. 4Reflect on the temple's goeika hymn before continuing to the next temple

Did you know?

💡 The mantra associated with the principal image is recorded as "on korokoro sendari matougi sowaka," and the temple's pilgrimage hymn (goeika) reads "makotoni mo shinbutsuso o hirakureba, shingon kaji no fushigi narikeri." The temple also enshrines a Benzaiten worshipped as part of a separate seven-temple pilgrimage (Shichikasho-mairi), noted on its temple seal.

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