Kannon
Bodhisattva of compassion, the most common honzon on the trail
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Kannon (観音, Avalokiteshvara), the bodhisattva of compassion, is the most frequent honzon on the Shikoku pilgrimage: nearly thirty temples are dedicated to her. She appears in various forms, such as Jūichimen Kannon (with eleven faces) or Senju Kannon (with a thousand arms).
Honzon of 29 temple(s) of the pilgrimage
8 Kumadani-ji10 Kirihata-ji13 Dainichi-ji16 Kannon-ji27 Kōnomineji29 Kokubun-ji32 Zenjibu-ji38 Kongōfuku-ji41 Ryūkō-ji43 Meiseki-ji44 Daihō-ji48 Sairin-ji52 Taizan-ji58 Sennyū-ji62 Hōju-ji65 Sankaku-ji66 Unpen-ji69 Kannon-ji70 Motoyama-ji71 Iyadani-ji79 Tennō-ji80 Kokubun-ji81 Shiromine-ji82 Negoro-ji83 Ichinomiya-ji84 Yashima-ji85 Yakuri-ji86 Shido-ji87 Nagao-ji
- In English
- Bodhisattva of compassion
- Other spellings
- Kanzeon · Kannon Bosatsu · Senju Kannon · Jūichimen Kannon · Shō Kannon · Kanzeon Bosatsu
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