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The are a collection of Buddhist temples in southern 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...

, Japan

Japan

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. The name is derived from Mino Province

Mino Province

, one of the old provinces of Japan, encompassed part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Mino Province bordered Echizen, Hida, Ise, Mikawa, Ōmi, Owari, and Shinano Provinces....

, the former name for the area. The list was originally created during the mid-Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

Thirty-three Kannon

No.	Name	Japanese	Sangō	Sect	Location
1	Nichiryūbu-ji	日龍峰寺	Dainichi-san	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...	Seki Seki, Gifu is a city located in Gifu, Japan.The city was founded on October 15, 1950.On February 7, 2005, the municipalities of Horado, Itadori, Kaminoho, Mugegawa and Mugi, all part of Mugi District, were merged into the present-day city...
2	Rokuon-ji	鹿苑寺	Kongō-san	Rinzai Rinzai school The Rinzai school is , one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism.Rinzai is the Japanese line of the Chinese Linji school, which was founded during the Tang Dynasty by Linji Yixuan...	Mino Mino, Gifu is a city located in the Gifu Prefecture of central Japan.Founded on 1 April 1954, Mino covers a total area of 117.05 km². As of July 2011 the city had an estimated population of 22,447 inhabitants....
3	Raishō-ji	来昌寺	Chōei-zan	Pure Land Pure Land Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism , also referred to as Amidism in English, is a broad branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism and currently one of the most popular traditions of Buddhism in East Asia. Pure Land is a branch of Buddhism focused on Amitābha Buddha...	Mino
4	Hōshō-in	宝勝院	Konpira-san	Shingon	Mino
5	Eishō-ji	永昌寺	Kaiun-zan	Rinzai	Seki
6	Eri-ji	恵利寺	Ozaki-yama	Rinzai	Seki
7	Ryōfuku-ji	龍福寺	Iwaya-san	Rinzai	Seki
8	Sankō-ji	三光寺	Ryūō-san	Shingon	Yamagata Yamagata, Gifu is a city located in Gifu, Japan.-History:The city was established on April 1, 2003, by merger of the towns of Miyama and Takatomi, and the village of Ijira, all from Yamagata District.-External links:*...
9	Tōkō-ji	東光寺	Fuji-san	Rinzai	Yamagata
10	Kōgon-ji	広厳寺	Hōun-zan	Rinzai	Yamagata
11	Dairyū-ji Dairyu-ji (Gifu) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon. It is located near the Takatomi-chō area of Yamagata, so it is also sometimes referred to as Takatomi Dairyū-ji...	大龍寺	Kinzoku-san	Rinzai	Gifu Gifu, Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used...
12	Taikō-in	退耕院	Myōchi-zan	Rinzai	Minokamo Minokamo, Gifu is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and was formed on April 1, 1954.As of July 2011, the city has an estimated population of 54,944. The total area is 74.81 km².-Rail:JR Central:*Takayama Main Line: Mino-Ōta Station, Kobi Station...
13	Kannami-ji	甘南美寺	Hakuka-san	Rinzai	Yamagata
14	Sōfuku-ji Sofuku-ji (Gifu) ' is a Buddhist temple located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The temple has strong ties to both Saitō Dōsan and Oda Nobunaga. Gifu's Sōfuku-ji is famed throughout Japan for both the number of monks it produces and for its "Blood Ceiling". Shortly after its founding, it was also known as Kōsai-ji...	崇福寺	Shingo-zan	Rinzai	Gifu
15	Hokke-ji Hokke-ji (Gifu) 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 ....	法華寺	Ryōju-san	Shingon	Gifu
16	Ganjō-ji	願成寺	Nyoi-zan	Shingon	Gifu
17	Gokokushi-ji Gokokushi-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the seventeenth of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.-History:...	護国之寺	Yūsō-san	Shingon	Gifu
18	Mie-ji Mie-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is also referred to as Mie-ji Kannon . It is one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon...	美江寺	Dainichi-san	Tendai Tendai is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, a descendant of the Chinese Tiantai or Lotus Sutra school.Chappell frames the relevance of Tendai for a universal Buddhism:- History :...	Gifu
19	Enkyō-ji	円鏡寺	Chikyō-zan	Shingon	Kitagata Kitagata, Gifu is a town located in Motosu District, Gifu, Japan.As of 2011, the town has an estimated population of 18,389. The total area is 5.17 km². The town is completely surrounded by the three cities of Gifu, Motosu and Mizuho.-External links:*...
20	Guzei-ji	弘誓寺	Shigu-san	Rinzai	Yamagata
21	Hōshaku-ji	宝積寺		Rinzai	Sakahogi Sakahogi, Gifu is a town located in Kamo District, Gifu, Japan.As of July 2011, the town has an estimated population of 8,443. The total area is 12.89 km². The town was formed in 1968.-History:Sakahogi was formed on October 1, 1968 when the village of gained town status...
22	Manshaku-ji	万尺寺		Rinzai	Minokamo
23	Kichijō-ji	吉祥寺	Shingū-yama	Rinzai	Seki
24	Jinkō-ji	神光寺		Shingon	Seki
25	Sōkei-ji	曹渓寺		Rinzai	Mino
26	Kiyomizu-dera	清水寺	Hakka-zan	Rinzai	Tomika Tomika, Gifu is a town located in Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.-History:Tomika was originally established as a village in 1954, when the villages of Tomida and Kajita merged. It received town status in 1974...
27	Yūsen-ji	祐泉寺	Iō-zen	Rinzai	Minokamo
28	Ryōfuku-ji	龍福寺	Rinza-san	Rinzai	Tomika
29	Shōzan-ji	小山寺		Rinzai	Minokamo
30	Zenpuku-ji	善福寺		Jōdo Shinshū Jodo Shinshu , also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.-Shinran :...	Gifu
31	Tokuun-ji	徳雲寺		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...	Minokamo
32	Ryūzō-ji	立蔵寺		Sōtō	Seki
33	Shinchōkoku-ji	新長谷寺	Yoshida-yama	Shingon	Seki

Tōkai Hundred Kannon

The Mino Thirty-three Kannon combine with 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

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 :...

, the Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon

Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon

The are a collection of Buddhist temples in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan, most of which are near Mikawa Bay. The name is derived from Mikawa Province, the former name for the area.-Thirty-three Kannon:-Tōkai Hundred Kannon:...

in eastern 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...

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Tōkai Hundred Kannon: Mino Seigoku Thirty-three Kannon Reijō-kai

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