Kin Kannon-ji
From SamuraiWiki
- Japanese: 金武 観音寺 (Kin Kannon-ji)
Kin Kannon-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kin Town on Okinawa Island. Though the main hall, containing a sacred image of the bodhisattva Kannon, only dates back to 1942, it was re-built at that time using the style and methods of early modern Ryukyuan temple architecture, and is today the oldest and best surviving example on the island of that traditional architectural style.
The temple was declared a Tangible Cultural Property in 1984 by the Japanese national government. The associated Kin Shrine, a Kumano Gongen shrine based in the caves beneath the temple, is considered one of the Ryukyu Eight Shrines.
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- Plaques on-site.[1]
