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The are a collection of Buddhist temples 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 :...

, 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...

, all dedicated to the bodhisattva

Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is either an enlightened existence or an enlightenment-being or, given the variant Sanskrit spelling satva rather than sattva, "heroic-minded one for enlightenment ." The Pali term has sometimes been translated as "wisdom-being," although in modern publications, and...

Avalokitesvara

Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism....

. The name is derived from Owari Province

Owari Province

was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture, including much of modern Nagoya. Its abbreviation is Bishū .-History:The province was created in 646....

, the former name for the area. The list was created in 1955.

Thirty-three Kannon

No.	Name	Japanese	Sangō	Sect	Location
1	Hōshō-in/Ōsu Kannon Ōsu Kannon is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Ōsu in central Nagoya, Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon.- History :The official name is Kitanosan Shinpuku-ji Hōshō-in, but is populary known as Ōsu Kannon....	宝生院	Kitano-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...	Nagoya Nagoya, Aichi is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji...
2	Chōei-ji	長栄寺	Kōshō-san	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...	Nagoya
3	Ryūfuku-ji/Kasadera Kannon Kasadera Kannon Kasadera Kannon, also known as Ryūfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple located in Minami-ku, Nagoya in central Japan.It is a part of the Owari Thirty-three Kannon.- History :...	笠覆寺	Tenrin-zan	Shingon	Nagoya
4	Chōraku-ji	長楽寺	Inari-san	Sōtō	Nagoya
5	Fumon-ji	普門寺		Sōtō	Ōbu Obu, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 77,324 and the density of 2,295.84 persons per km². The total area is 33.68 km².The city was founded on September 1, 1970.-External links:*...
6	Tōun-in	洞雲院		Sōtō	Agui Agui, Aichi is a town located in Chita District, Aichi, Japan. It has an area of 23.94 km² and became a city on January 1, 1953.-External links:*...
7	Iwada-dera	岩屋寺	Daihi-san	Owaritakano-san	Minamichita Minamichita, Aichi is a town located in Chita District, Aichi, Japan.As of 2010, the town has an estimated population of 20,512 and a density of 536 persons per km². The total area is 38.24 km².This town administers the island of Himakajima.- External links :...
8	Ōmidō-ji	大御堂寺	Kakurin-zan	Shingon	Mihama Mihama, Aichi is a town located in Chita District, Aichi, Japan.-People:Mihama was the hometown of 19th-century Japanese castaway Otokichi. Mihama was also the hometown of Hana Haruna, an AV idol.-Places:...
9	Sainen-ji	斉年寺		Sōtō	Tokoname Tokoname, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan.As of 2006, the city has an estimated population of 52,301 and the density of 1,023.56 persons per km². The total area is 48.59 km².The city was founded on April 1, 1954....
10	Daichi-in	大智院		Shingon	Chita Chita, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 81,975 and the density of 1,804.42 persons per km². The total area is 45.43 km².The city was founded on September 1, 1970.- External links :...
11	Kannon-ji	観音寺		Shingon	Tōkai Tokai, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 106,713 and the density of 2,460 persons per km². The total area is 43.36 km².The city was founded on April 1, 1969....
12	Kannon-ji	観音寺		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 :...	Nagoya
13	Ryūshō-in	龍照院		Shingon	Kanie Kanie, Aichi is a town in the southwest part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The town belongs to Ama District.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 36,614 and a density of 3,298.56 persons per km². The total area is 11.10 km².- Geography :...
14	Daiji-in	大慈院		Sōtō	Yatomi Yatomi, Aichi is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 2006, as a result of the merger between the town of Yatomi and the village of Jūshiyama, from Ama District....
15	Kōsai-ji	広済寺		Sōtō	Shippō Shippo, Aichi was a town located in Ama District, Aichi, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,795 and a density of 2,736.49 persons per km². The total area was 8.33 km²....
16	Jimoku-ji	甚目寺		Shingon	Jimokuji Jimokuji, Aichi was a town located in Ama District, Aichi, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 37,651 and a density of 4,035.48 persons per km². The total area was 9.33 km²....
17	Mantoku-ji	萬徳寺		Shingon	Inazawa Inazawa, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan. The city was founded on November 1, 1958. As of February 1, 2010 the city has an estimated population of 136,904 and a population density of 1,730 persons per km²...
18	Ryūtan-ji	龍潭寺		Sōtō	Iwakura Iwakura, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan.As of February 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 48,255 and a population density of 4,600 persons per km². The total area is 10.49 km².The city was founded on December 1, 1971.-External links:...
19	Keirin-ji	桂林寺		Sōtō	Ōguchi Oguchi, Aichi is a town located in Niwa District, Aichi, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 21,275 and a density of 1,566.64 persons per km². The total area is 13.58 km².- External links :...
20	Jakkō-in	寂光院	Tsugao-zan	Shingon	Inuyama Inuyama, Aichi is a city located near Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.In 2010, the city had a population of 75,449 and a population density of 1,010 persons per km². The total area is 74.97 km². The city lies along the edge of Aichi Prefecture, separated from neighbouring Gifu Prefecture by the Kiso River...
21	Komatsu-ji	小松寺		Shingon	Komaki Komaki, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan. It is commonly associated with the former Nagoya Airport, which is partly located in the city. The other part is in the city of Kasugai. As of January 1, 2008, the city has an estimated population of 149,060 and the density of 2,370 persons per km²...
22	Tōshō-in	陶昌院		Sōtō	Komaki
23	Gyokurin-ji	玉林寺		Sōtō	Komaki
24	Ryūon-ji	龍音寺		Jōdokyō Pure land A pure land, in Mahayana Buddhism, is the celestial realm or pure abode of a Buddha or Bodhisattva. The various traditions that focus on Pure Lands have been given the nomenclature Pure Land Buddhism. Pure lands are also evident in the literature and traditions of Taoism and Bön.The notion of 'pure...	Komaki
25	Ryūsen-ji	龍泉寺	Shōtō-zan	Tendai	Nagoya
26	Hōsen-ji	宝泉寺		Sōtō	Seto Seto, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan. It is located about 35 minutes from Nagoya by way of the Meitetsu Seto Line.As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 133,121, with a household number of 53,253, and the density of 1,192.63 persons per km². The total area is 111.62 km².-...
27	Keishō-in	慶昌院		Sōtō	Seto
28	Chōbo-ji	長母寺		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...	Nagoya
29	Kyūkoku-ji	久国寺		Sōtō	Nagoya
30	Zenpuku-in	善福院		Shingon	Nagoya
31	Jufuku-in	聚福院		Sōtō	Nagakute Nagakute, Aichi is a town located in Aichi District, Aichi, Japan.On March 25, 2005, Expo 2005 opened with its main site being in Nagakute...
32	Butchi-in	仏地院		Sōtō	Nagoya
33	Kōshō-ji Kōshō-ji (Nagoya) Kōshō-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Yagoto, Nagoya, in central Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon.- History :...	興正寺		Shingon	Nagoya

Tōkai Hundred Kannon

The Owari 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 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...

Thirty-three Kannon

Tōkai Hundred Kannon

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