05 Shikoku pilgrimage : Jizō-ji Anraku-ji
Jizō-ji (地蔵寺) Temple Number 05 Shikoku pilgrimage
Temple gallery Jizō-ji
Jizō-ji Temple is the fifth of 88 temples of Shikoku pilgrimage. Jizō-ji means Earthbearer's Temple.
One of the points of interest of this temple is the collection of 500 statues of Rakan, a Buddha disciple. Each face having a different expression.
On Henro Michi, the Shikoku pilgrimage trail, there are 5 temples with Jodō Bosatsu as the main deity. Only the Jizō-ji temple has Shōgun Jizō Bosatsu as Honzon
| 2km Dainichi-ji |
05Temple No.05 Jizō-ji / 第五番札所 地蔵寺
Earthbearer's Temple 05Jizō-ji / 地蔵寺 |
5,3km Anraku-ji |
Fondation | Kōnin period year 12 (821) | ||||||||||||||
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| Godhead | Shōgun Jizō Bosatsu | |||||||||||||||||
| Sect | Omuro Shingon | |||||||||||||||||
| Honzon mantra |
| Goeika | Kari no yo ni chigyōarasofu muyakunari anrakukoku no shugo o nozomeyo | |||||||||||||||
| Place | Itano-Tokushima / Phone: +81 88-672-4111 | |||||||||||||||||
| Address | 〒779-0114 Tokushima-ken, Itano-gun, itano-cho Rakan-hayashi-higashi 5 〒779-0114 徳島県板野郡板野町羅漢字林東5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Google Maps | https://goo.gl/maps/6kHWbAeipSC2 / Coord Maps 34.137222, 134.431944 | |||||||||||||||||
| Accomodation | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 50 places 10 minibus 20 Bus / Coord Maps 34.120345, 134.377644 | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2km Dainichi-ji |
05Temple No.05 Jizō-ji / 第五番札所 地蔵寺
05Jizō-ji / 地蔵寺 |
5,3km Anraku-ji |
Fondation | Kōnin period year 12 (821) |
|---|---|---|
| Godhead | Shōgun Jizō Bosatsu | |
| Sect | Omuro Shingon | |
| Honzon mantra | Goeika | Kari no yo ni chigyōarasofu muyakunari anrakukoku no shugo o nozomeyo |
| Place | Itano-Tokushima / Phone: +81 88-672-4111 | |
| Address | 〒779-0114 Tokushima-ken, Itano-gun, itano-cho Rakan-hayashi-higashi 5 〒779-0114 徳島県板野郡板野町羅漢字林東5 | |
| Google Maps | https://goo.gl/maps/6kHWbAeipSC2 / Coord Maps 34.137222, 134.431944 | |
| Accomodation | NO | |
| Parking | 50 places 10 minibus 20 Bus / Coord Maps 34.120345, 134.377644 | |
| Website | ||
Temple history :
Jizō-ji was founded in 1821 on the orders of Emperor Saga by Kōbō Daishi. In the 13th century the monk Jōkan, renovator of the temple, replaced the small statue (honzon) of Jizō Bosatsu by thz=e current statue of Shōgun Jizō Bosatsu. Like many other temples, Jizō-ji was destroyed by the Chōsokabe armies in the late 16th century.
Useful information:
Shikoku Pilgrimage Temple Number05 Jizō-ji : Access
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- Access from temple #4 Dainichi-ji
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- Access plan to daishido and hondo Temple #05 Jizō-ji
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- Path to the next Temple #6 Anraku-ji
Public transit
- By train : From Itano Station 50 minutes walk (3.8 km)
- By bus : From Dainichi-ji Guchi bus station (大 日 寺 口 バ ス 停 停) 12 minutes (850 m).
Meteo : Jizō-ji Itano, Tokushima prefecture
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