Hase-dera | |
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![]() Kannon-dō (Main hall) | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Jōdo-shū |
Deity | Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Headed Kannon) |
Location | |
Location | 3-11-2 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
Architecture | |
Founder | Tokudō Shōnin |
Completed | 736 |
Website | |
http://www.hasedera.jp |
Hase-dera (海光山慈照院長谷寺, Kaikō-zan Jishō-in Hase-dera), commonly called the Hase-kannon (長谷観音) is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon.
The temple originally belonged to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, but eventually became an independent temple of the Jōdo-shū.[1]