Temple 47: Yasakaji

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Temple 47: Yasakaji is a Buddhist temple on Japan’s Shikoku Island, known as one of the sacred stops on the historic 88-temple pilgrimage route associated with Kūkai.

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Temple 47: Yasakaji canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple
Shingon Buddhist temple
associatedWith Kūkai
country Japan
culturalContext Japanese Buddhism
dedicatedTo Kannon
foundedBy Kūkai
hasAlternativeDesignation No. 47 temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage
hasFeature Daishi hall
main hall (hondō)
statues of Kannon
stone steps
temple gate
hasJapaneseName 八坂寺
hasMainDeity Jūichimen Kannon
surface form: Eleven-faced Kannon

Jūichimen Kannon
hasPractice offering of candles and incense
pilgrimage stamp collection (nōkyō)
sutra chanting
hasRomanizedName Yasakaji
heritageType local cultural site
locatedIn Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
surface form: Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
locatedOn Shikoku
surface form: Shikoku Island
onPilgrimageRoute Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage
surface form: Shikoku Henro
partOf Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage
pilgrimageNumber 47
region Shikoku
religion Buddhism
sect Shingon Buddhism
tourismType religious tourism site
visitedBy Shikoku pilgrims

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Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage hasPart Temple 47: Yasakaji