Kanpuku-ji (Yamakura, Katori)
Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Kanpuku-ji (観福寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Buzan Sect located in Yamakura, Katori, Chiba Prefecture. The temple is one of two temples in Katori with the same name, the other being Makinosan Kanpuku-ji.
History
Kanpuku-ji was, by legend, founded by a priest named Enton in 811. The famed Kūkai (774–835), the founder of Shingon Buddhism, visited the region in 814AD and found that residents of the area were suffering from infectious diseases. Kūkai fasted and prayed to Takejizai-ten (他化自在天) and the Kosodate Kannon (子育観音). The residents offered Kūkai salmon from the nearby Kuri River and were suddenly cured. The festival of the temple, held on 7 October annually, includes the offering of a raw salmon during a Buddhist service. The temple obtained the right to use the imperial Chrysanthemum crest from Emperor Saga (786–842), and for its priests to wear purple robes as a mark of its status.
Through most of its history, under the Shinbutsu-shūgō philosophy, Kanpuku-ji served as an auxiliary temple to the nearby Yamakura Shrine. After the Meiji Restoration.
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