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Manshû-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Mitarai]], [[Hiroshima prefecture]], said to have been founded by [[Taira no Kiyomori]] when, caught in a storm on his way to [[Kyoto]], he came ashore there. Images enshrined there include one of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Jizo|Jizô]] associated with the curing of disease, and one of the 11-headed bodhisattva [[Kannon]].
Manshû-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Mitarai]], [[Hiroshima prefecture]], said to have been founded by [[Taira no Kiyomori]] when, caught in a storm on his way to [[Kyoto]], he came ashore there. Images enshrined there include one of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Jizo|Jizô]] associated with the curing of disease, and one of the 11-headed bodhisattva [[Kannon]].
The temple grounds include the grave of ''[[haikai]]'' poet [[Kurita Chodo|Kurita Chodô]]. A ''hengaku'' plaque hanging in the main hall of the temple was created by Kurita copying a work of calligraphy by [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official [[Ryo Kochi|Ryô Kôchi]]; the original work of calligraphy is also in the temple's collection.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 37.; plaques on-site at Manshû-ji.; ''Mitarai tsûshin'' 御手洗通信 no. 2, Aug 1997, p2.; Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.; ''Naha shishi'' 那覇市史 vol 6 下, Naha City Office (1980), 794-795.; Kimura Yoshisato 木村吉聡 (ed.), ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no Edo nobori to Mitarai'' 琉球使節の江戸上りと御手洗, Shiomachi kankô kôryû Center 潮待ち館観光交流センター (2001), 18-21.</ref>
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*Plaques at Ondo Tourist Cultural Center Uzushio おんど観光文化会館うずしお, Kure, Hiroshima pref.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36861957252/sizes/k/]
*Plaques at Ondo Tourist Cultural Center Uzushio おんど観光文化会館うずしお, Kure, Hiroshima pref.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36861957252/sizes/k/]
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