| 1．Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (西国三十三所, Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai (番外). The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion (or sometimes mistranslated as 'Goddess of Mercy'); however, there is some variation among the images and the powers they possess. |
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| 2．Mino Thirty-three Kannon ・ |
| The Mino Thirty-three Kannon (美濃三十三観音, Mino Sanjūsan Kannon) are a collection of Buddhist temples in southern Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1] The name is derived from Mino Province, the former name for the area. The list was originally created during the mid-Edo period.[1] |
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| 3．Gokokushi-ji ・194-1 Nagara ObusaGifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Shingon |
| Gokokushi-ji (護国之寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the seventeenth of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.[1] |
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| 4．Jōzai-ji (Gifu) ・9 Kajikawa-chō, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Nichiren sect |
| Jōzai-ji (常在寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Its formal name is Shūrinzan Jōzai-ji (鷲林山常在寺). Starting with Saitō Dōsan, Jōzai-ji served as the family temple for the Saitō family for three generations, which included his son, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and his grandson, Saitō Tokugen. Also, it has been designated as a nationally Important Cultural Property, as it contains pictures of both Dōsan and Yoshitatsu. |
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| 5．Shōhō-ji (Gifu) ・8 Daibutsu-chōGifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Ōbaku school |
| Shōhō-ji (正法寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Ōbaku school of Buddhism in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is a branch temple of Mampuku-ji in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The temple has many aspects of the Ōbaku school, but its building style and sacraments are in the Chinese style. Additionally, it is much larger than the average Japanese temple. The temple's official name is Kinpōzan Shōhō-ji (金鳳山正法寺).[2] |
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| 6．Zuiryū-ji (Gifu) ・19 Tera-machi, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Rinzai sect |
| Zuiryū-ji (瑞龍寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect built in Mino Province (modern-day Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan). It is a branch temple of Myōshin-ji in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. After entering the main gate there are six temples: three are located on the left of the main path (Tentaku-in, Kaizen-in, Unryu-in) and three are on the right (Zuiun-in, Kakusei-in, Gaun-in). The graves of Saitō Myōchin and Toki Shigeyori are also located on the compound. |
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| 7．Zenkō-ji (Gifu) ・1-8 Inaba-dōri, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Shingon sect |
| Zenkō-ji (善光寺, Temple of the Benevolent Light) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect in Mino Province (modern-day Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan). It is a branch temple of Daigo-ji in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is also referred to as Gifu Zenkō-ji (岐阜善光寺) and Inaba Zenkō-ji (伊奈波善光寺). It is not known when the temple was built, though it assumed to have been built between 1592 and 1600 when Oda Nobunaga was living in nearby Gifu Castle. During the early Edo period, it received the name Zenkō-ji Anjō-in (善光寺安乗院) because the two temples were merged at the time. |
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| 8．Sōfuku-ji (Gifu) ・2403-1 Nagara FukumitsuGifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Rinzai |
| Sōfuku-ji (崇福寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The temple has strong ties to both Saitō Dōsan and Oda Nobunaga.[2] Gifu's Sōfuku-ji is famed throughout Japan for both the number of monks it produces and for its "Blood Ceiling".[3] Shortly after its founding, it was also known as Kōsai-ji (弘済寺), but that name is no longer used.[1] It is also one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon. |
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| 9．Dairyū-ji (Gifu) ・2339 AwanoGifu, Gifu Prefecture502-0001 ・Rinzai |
| Dairyū-ji (大龍寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.[1] It is located near the Takatomi-chō area of Yamagata, so it is also sometimes referred to as Takatomi Dairyū-ji (高富大龍寺). Also, it has an annual festival at which daruma dolls are burned, giving it another nickname, Daruma Kannon (だるま観音).[2] |
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| 10．Hokke-ji (Gifu) ・31 MitahoraGifu, Gifu Prefecture502-0004 ・Shingon |
| Hokke-ji (法華寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon school located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Though its formal name is Hokke-ji, it is more well known by its unofficial name, Mitahora Kōbō (三田洞弘法). It is located in the foothills of Mount Dodo, the largest mountain in the city of Gifu. Also, it is the fifteenth of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.[1] |
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| 11．Mie-ji ・2-3 Mieji-chōGifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Tendai sect |
| Mie-ji (美江寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is also referred to as Mie-ji Kannon (美江寺観音). It is one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon. The temple houses the Kanshitsu Kannon, which is one of Japan's nationally designated Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 12．Mino Kokubun-ji ・419 Aono-chō, Ōgaki-shi, Gifu-ken 503-2227 ・Buddhist |
| Mino Kokubun-ji (美濃国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Aono neighborhood of the city of Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period temple now located to the south of the present day complex were designated as a National Historic Site in 1916.[2] |
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| 13．Hida Kokubun-ji ・1-83 Sōwa-chō, Takayama-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhist |
| Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda located on temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929.[2] |
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| 14．Hida Kokubun-ji ・1-83 Sōwa-chō, Takayama-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhist |
| Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda located on temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929.[2] |
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| 15．Eihō-ji ・1-40 Kokeizan-chō, Tajimi-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhist |
| Eihō-ji (永保寺) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in northern area of the city of Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1] Founded in the Kamakura period, two of the structures of the temple are designated National Treasures of Japan and its gardens are a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty. |
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| 16．Shōge temple ruins ・Ena-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhism |
| The Shōge temple ruins (正家廃寺跡, Shōge Haiji ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of a late Hakuhō to early Heian period Buddhist temple located in the Osashima neighborhood of the city of Ena, Gifu, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Sitein 2001.[1] |
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| 17．Shōgen-ji (Gifu) ・872-2 Ibuka-chō, Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture ・Myōshin-ji Rinzai |
| Shōgen-ji (正眼寺) is a monastery of the Myōshin-ji branch of Japanese Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It was originally a place of practice of Kanzan Egen Zenji in 1330. The training monastery was established at Shōgen-ji by Settan, the dharmic successor of Tōrin.[3] Shōgen-ji's post–World War II monastic life is described concretely with the highest quality of literature in the novel Mind to Mind (1999) by author Seikan Hasegawa. |
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| 18．Kiburi-ji ・Ōno, Gifu ・Buddhism |
| Kiburi-ji (来振寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ōno, Gifu Prefecture belonging to the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism.[1][2][3] The temple claims to have been founded as the Hossō sect temple of Shinpuku-ji by the wandering priest Gyōki in 715 AD. It was burned down by Oda Nobunaga in 1560 and subsequently rebuilt with the support of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Toda clan of Ōgaki Domain during the Edo period. |
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