Kongōfuku-ji

Kongōfuku-ji 金剛福寺
Hondō of Kongōfuku-ji
Religion
Affiliation	Shingon, Chisan sect
Deity	Senju Kannon Bosatsu
Location
Location	Tosashimizu, Kōchi-ken
Country	Japan
Architecture
Founder	Gyōki
Completed	822

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.

Kongōfuku-ji is 85 km south of Temple 37 (Iwamoto-ji) and can take an average pilgrim 30 hours to reach on foot. This is the furthest distance between two temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.[2]

Buildings

• Hondō
• Sanmon: Niōmon (仁王門)
• Shōrō
• Gomadō (護摩堂): Shrine within the temple grounds to conduct Goma rituals to ask for blessing from deities. Goma is conducted by burning cedar sticks available for purchase next to the gomadō.[3]

See also

• Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage
• Shikoku Henro Association Homepage

References

1. "Kongofukuji Temple at Cape Ashizuri". Japan Travel. Japan Travel K.K. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
2. "金剛福寺". 四国八十八ヶ所霊場会. 四国八十八ヶ所霊場会. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
3. Covell, Stephen Grover (2005). Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation. University of Hawaii Press. p. 2. ISBN 0824829670.

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