Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The are a collection of Buddhist temples in eastern Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, most of which are near Mikawa Bay

Mikawa Bay

thumb|right|Mikawa Bay Mikawa Bay is a bay to the south of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, surrounded by Chita Peninsula to the west and Atsumi Peninsula to the east and south. Its area is approximately 604 km2...

. The name is derived from Mikawa Province

Mikawa Province

is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces....

, the former name for the area.

Thirty-three Kannon

No.	Name	Japanese	Sangō	Sect	Location
1	Hōfuku-ji	宝福寺	I-yama	Sōtō Soto Sōtō Zen , or is, with Rinzai and Ōbaku, one of the three most populous sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism.The Sōtō sect was first established as the Caodong sect during the Tang Dynasty in China by Dongshan Liangjie in the 9th century, which Dōgen Zenji then brought to Japan in the 13th century...	Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of August 2011, the city had an estimated population of 373,339 and a population density of 964 persons per km². The total area was 387.24 km².-Geography:...
2	Zuinen-ji	随念寺		Jōdo shū Jodo Shu , also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen. It was established in 1175 and is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan, along with Jōdo Shinshū....	Okazaki
3	Daiju-ji	大樹寺	Jōdō-san	Jōdo shū	Okazaki
4	Kannon-ji	観音寺		Sōtō	Okazaki
5	Shōō-ji	松応寺		Jōdo shū	Okazaki
6	Jōsei-in	浄誓院		Jōdo shū	Okazaki
7	Ryūkai-in	龍海院		Sōtō	Okazaki
8	Anshin-in	安心院		Sōtō	Okazaki
9	Kannon-ji	観音寺		Jōdo shū	Okazaki
10	Tokushō-ji	徳性寺		Jōdo shū	Okazaki
11	Ishin-ji	渭信寺		Sōtō	Okazaki
12	Hōzō-ji	法蔵寺	Nison-zan	Jōdo shū	Okazaki
13	Tenkei-in	天桂院		Sōtō	Gamagōri Gamagōri, Aichi is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 81,767 and the population density of 1,400 persons per km². The total area was 56.81 km².-Geography:...
14	Kaiō-ji	善応寺		Jōdo shū	Gamagōri
15	Eikō-ji	永向寺		Jōdo shū	Gamagōri
16	Risei-in	利生院		Jōdo shū	Gamagōri
17	Shinnyo-ji	真如寺		Jōdo shū	Gamagōri
18	Fuda-ji	補蛇寺		Jōdo shū	Gamagōri
19	Taizan-ji	太山寺		Shingon Shingon Buddhism is one of the mainstream major schools of Japanese Buddhism and one of the few surviving Esoteric Buddhist lineages that started in the 3rd to 4th century CE that originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra...	Hazu Hazu, Aichi is a former town located in Hazu District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2004, the village had an estimated population of 12,351 and a population density of 474.13 persons per km². Its total area was 26.05 km²....
20	Myōzen-ji	妙善寺		Jōdo shū	Hazu
21	Tokurin-ji	徳林寺		Jōdo shū	Hazu
22	Unkō-ji	運光院		Jōdo shū	Kira Kira, Aichi is a former town located in Hazu District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2004, the village had an estimated population of 22,280 and a population density of 619.2 persons per km². Its total area was 35.98 km²....
23	Shōbō-ji	正法寺		Sōtō	Kira
24	Hōshu-in	宝珠院		Sōtō	Kira
25	Seifuku-ji	西福寺		Jōdo shū	Kira
26	Kaizō-ji	海蔵寺		none	Kira
27	Konren-ji	金蓮寺		Sōtō	Kira
28	Kezō-ji	華蔵寺		Rinzai	Kira
29	Jissōankokuzen-ji	実相安国禅寺		Rinzai	Nishio Nishio, Aichi is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city has an estimated population of 165,443 and a population density of 1,030 persons per km². The total area is 160.34 km².-Geography:...
30	Seigan-ji	盛巌寺		Sōtō	Nishio
31	Kōzen-ji	康全寺		Sōtō	Nishio
32	Hōgonni-ji	法厳尼寺		Sōtō	Nishio
33	Chōen-ji	長円寺		Sōtō	Nishio

Tōkai Hundred Kannon

The Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon combine with the Mino Thirty-three Kannon

Mino Thirty-three Kannon

The are a collection of Buddhist temples in southern Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The name is derived from Mino Province, the former name for the area...

in Gifu Prefecture

Gifu Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu.Located in the center of Japan, it has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendō...

, the Owari Thirty-three Kannon

Owari Thirty-three Kannon

The are a collection of Buddhist temples in western Aichi Prefecture, Japan, all dedicated to the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The name is derived from Owari Province, the former name for the area...

in western Aichi Prefecture and Toyokawa Inari

Toyokawa Inari

is the popular name for a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō sect located in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The temple’s true name is , or full name is...

to form the Tōkai Hundred Kannon

Tōkai Hundred Kannon

The are a collection of one-hundred Buddhist temples in the Tōkai region of central Honshū, Japan.The Tōkai Hundred Kannon is made of up of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon in Gifu Prefecture, the Owari Thirty-three Kannon in western Aichi Prefecture, the Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon in eastern Aichi...

Thirty-three Kannon

Tōkai Hundred Kannon

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