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==History==

==History==

The temple's origins are claimed to lie in the discovery, in [[628]], of a small, pure gold statue of [[Kannon]] in the Miyatogawa (the Miyato River, today known as the [[Sumidagawa]]). After this discovery by peasants who had been fishing in the river, a shrine or temple was built for the Kannon; Sensô-ji is said to have been officially founded, and its construction completed, in [[645]].  

The temple's origins are claimed to lie in the discovery, in [[628]], of a small, pure gold statue of [[Kannon]] in the Miyatogawa (the Miyato River, today known as the [[Sumidagawa]]). After this discovery by peasants who had been fishing in the river, a shrine or temple was built for the Kannon; Sensô-ji is said to have been officially founded, and its construction completed, in [[645]]. According to tradition, the peasants who discovered the statue were named Hinokuma no Hamanari and Takenari, and the one who made the statue a public object of worship, Haji no Matsuchi. These three figures are enshrined and worshiped at [[Asakusa Shrine]], a Shinto shrine on the grounds of the temple.

Sensô-ji was later restored and re-established in the [[Heian period]] by [[Ennin]].

Sensô-ji was later restored and re-established in the [[Heian period]] by [[Ennin]].