| 1．Shikoku Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Shikoku Pilgrimage (四国遍路, Shikoku Henro) or Shikoku Junrei (四国巡礼) is a multi-site pilgrimage of 88 temples associated with the Buddhist monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) on the island of Shikoku, Japan. A popular and distinctive feature of the island's cultural landscape, and with a long history, large numbers of pilgrims, known as henro (遍路), still undertake the journey for a variety of ascetic, pious, and tourism-related purposes.[1] The pilgrimage is traditionally completed on foot, but modern pilgrims use cars, taxis, buses, bicycles, or motorcycles, and often augment their travels with public transportation. The standard walking course is approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) long and can take anywhere from 30 to 60 days to complete. |
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| 2．Sekkei-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Sekkei-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 33rd temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. According to the temple records, Kukai founded the temple, and named it Shourinsan Koufukuji (少林山高福寺 lit. Small Grove Mountain, Great Luck Temple). The statues that flank the main Honzon on the left and right are thought to be created by the great sculptor Tankei in the year at the beginning of the Karoku era, 1225. However there are no records of Tankei having any relation to the Tosa domain. There is also an explanation that sometime during the Kamakura period, Unkei along with his eldest son Tankei had arrived at the temple and renamed it “Keiun-ji” (慶運寺). |
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| 3．Zenrakuji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Zenrakuji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 30th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[1][2] |
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| 4．Tanema-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Tanema-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 34th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. According to the temple records, during the reign of Emperor Yomei (585-587), a Buddhist carpenter from Baekje who had come to build Shitenno-ji, was caught in a storm when leaving Japan, and drifted ashore to a port near the present day temple. As a part of a prayer for a safe voyage home, the carpenter carved an image of Bhaisajyaguru at the summit of the temple hill, which became the origin point of Tanema-ji. Years later during the Konin era (810-824), Kukai founded the temple using the Baekje carpenters carving as the Honzon, and spread the five grains he had brought from China across the temple grounds, deciding the present-day temple name Tanema-ji (種間寺 lit. “seed space temple”). |
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| 5．Chikurin-ji (Kōchi) ・Kōchi, Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Chikurin-ji (竹林寺) is a Shingon temple in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 31 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Monju Bosatsu. The temple is said to have been founded by Gyōki in the early eighth century.[1][2] The temple houses a number of important sculptures and its late Edo-period gardens are a Natural Monument.[3] |
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| 6．Kongōchō-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Kongōchō-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Muroto, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 26th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[1][2][3] |
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| 7．Shinshō-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Shinshō-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Muroto, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 25th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[1][2] |
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| 8．Hotsumisaki-ji ・Kōchi, Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Hotsumisaki-ji (最御崎寺) is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Muroto, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 24th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, and the first located in Kochi, representing the start of the "austerity and discipline" (修行, shugyō) stage of the pilgrimage.[1][2] |
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| 9．Zenjibu-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Zenjibu-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Nankoku, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 32nd temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[1] According to the temple records, under imperial decree from Emperor Shōmu, the temple hall was created in order to pray for the safety of Gyōki during a sea voyage. Later, Kūkai sensed the hall as a sacred place, and while performing a goma carved Kannon as the honzon of the temple. Due to the shape of the mountain the temple was located on being shaped like the eight-leafed lotus and Mount Potalaka, Kūkai prayed to Akasagarbha, and named the temple Gumonji-in Zenjibu-ji (求聞持院禅師峰寺). |
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| 10．Tosa Kokubun-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Tosa Kokubun-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Nankoku, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 29th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[1][2] It is also the Tosa Province Sōja shrine |
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| 11．Hie temple ruins ・Nankoku, Kōchi, Japan |
| Hie temple ruins (比江廃寺跡, Hie haiji ato) is an archeological site with the ruins of a Hakuhō period Buddhist temple located in the Hie neighborhood of what is now the city of Nankoku, Kōchi, Japan. The foundations of its pagoda were designated as a National Historic Site in 1934, with the area under protection extended in 1982.[1] |
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| 12．Kiyotaki-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Kiyotaki-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Tosa, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 35th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The Honzon of Kiyotaki-ji is Bhaisajyaguru. According to the temple records, during the 7th year of the Yoro period (723) Gyoki carved the Honzon Bhaisajyaguru and named the temple Keisanmitsu-in Takumoku-ji. (景山密院繹木寺(けいさんみついんたくもくじ)). Later, when Kukai was proselytizing by the temple, upon completing a seven day prayer for good harvest, he struck his staff upon the prayer podium, and spring water burst out creating a pond as reflective as a mirror. Thus, the name of the temple was changed to Iouzankagamiike-in Kiyotaki-ji (醫王山鏡池院清瀧寺(いおうざんかがみいけいんきよたきじ) in reference to the clear waters, roughly translated as “Iou mountain’s mirror pond and clear waterfall temple”. |
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| 13．Shōryū-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Shōryū-ji (青龍寺 kana: しょうりゅうじ) is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Tosa, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 36th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[1] The Honzon of worship at Shōryū-ji is Acala. According to the temple records, the temple was founded by Kukai during the Kōnin era (810-824). Following his travels to China, upon returning to Japan with the knowledge that Kukai's teacher Huiguo had bestowed upon him, Kukai grasped his vajra, prayed that he had arrived in a land he was destined to, and threw it eastwards. |
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| 14．Enkōji ・Sukumo, Kōchi-ken ・Shingon, Chisan sect |
| Enkōji (延光寺) is a Chisan Shingon temple in Sukumo, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 39 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of healing and medicine.[1] The temple is said to have been founded by Gyōki in the first year of the Jinki era.[2] |
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| 15．Kongōfuku-ji ・Tosashimizu, Kōchi-ken ・Shingon, Chisan sect |
| Kongōfuku-ji (金剛福寺) is a Buzan Shingon temple in Tosashimizu, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 38 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the deity that is worshipped at this temple is Sahasra-bhuja, or Senju Kannon Bosatsu (千手観音菩薩) in Japanese.[1] The temple is said to have been founded by Gyōki in 822. |
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| 16．Dainichi-ji (Kōnan) ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Dainichi-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōnan, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 28th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[1][2] |
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| 17．Kōnomine-ji ・Kōchi-ken ・Shingon |
| Kōnomine-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Yasuda, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 27th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[1][2] |
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| 18．Iwamoto-ji ・Shimanto, Kōchi-ken ・Shingon, Chisan sect |
| Iwamoto-ji (岩本寺) is a Chisan Shingon temple in Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 37 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the deities that are worshipped at this temple are Fudō Myō-ō, Shō Kannon, Amida Nyōrai, Yakushi Nyorai, and Jizō Bosatsu.[1] The temple is said to have been founded by Gyōki during 729–749. |
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