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Koryo Town, Kitakatsuragi County, Nara Prefecture

[NaraMinamiyamatoTaima, Katsuragi]

Festivals and traditional events

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official name：Yoraku-ji Tenple Standing 11-faced Kannon statue

English name：Yoraku-ji Tenple Standing 11-faced Kannon statue

Statue of Eleven-faced Kannon at Yoraku-ji Temple Yoraku-ji Tenple Standing 11-faced Kannon statue [Important Cultural Property]

Important Cultural Property A temple located on Kobo Daishi-en, which preserves the standing statue of Juichimen Kannon

Yoraku-ji Temple (the Grand Festival)

Yoraku-ji Temple (the Grand Festival)

Yoraku-ji Temple (Yuu)

Eleven-faced Kannon standing statue (the womb Buddha)

Statue of Kobo Daishi-za

Yoraku-ji Temple (appearance)

Yoraku-ji Temple (appearance)

Yoraku-ji Temple (the Grand Festival)

Yoraku-ji Temple (the Grand Festival)

Yoraku-ji Temple (Yuu)

Eleven-faced Kannon standing statue (the womb Buddha)

Statue of Kobo Daishi-za

Yoraku-ji Temple (appearance)

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Open to the public at the Spring Festival of Yoraku-ji Temple held on April 21 every year. If you would like to visit the storage on other schedules, please make a reservation in advance.
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    In Hirose, the Kōbō Daishi image is worshipped in the Main Hall (about 6m square), which has roof tiles. The seated image height 83.6cm, and its right hand has a vajra instrument, and the left rosary beads. From documents which were stored in the back part of the head we know that it was made by Monk Gyōson in Oan 6 (1373). The statue is the second oldest Kōbō Daishi image after the statue in Gangoji Temple in Nara City. There is a bonji (stylized Sanskrit character) pond reputedly dug by Kōbō Daishi to the south of the temple precinct, where a there is also a rock used in spiritual training practices. To the side of the seated image of Kōbō Daishi is a cabinet containing an 11-faced Kannon statue (Sayabotoke). The 11-faced Kannon, made from sandalwood and about 30cm tall, believed to have been made during the Nara Period, was discovered when the piece was taken apart for repairs. The very rare, exquisite, 11-faced Kannon carving, is special enough to be ranked alongside the standing 9-faced Kannon statue, a National Treasure, in Hōryuji Temple. It is clear from the records that an 11-faced Kannon also here was made in the first year of Tenpuku (1233) as a Sayabotoke. Both the Sayabotoke and the standing 11-faced Kannon statue are kept in a storehouse.

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    Name
    Yoraku-ji Tenple Standing 11-faced Kannon statue
    Location
    〒635-0812 797, Hirose, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara

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    Admission free
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    Approx. 11 minutes by car from Horyu-ji Temple IC (approx. 5.0 km) Kintetsu Yamatotakada Station Taxi Approx. 15 minutes by taxi (approx. 6.1 km) 30 minutes on foot from Kintetsu Hashio Station
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    Free parking available
    Cultural Property
    Important Cultural Properties: Eleven-faced Kannon standing statue (Wainai Buddha) Prefecture designated cultural property: Statue of Kobo Daishi-za

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