Kongōfuku-ji

Kongōfuku-ji (金剛福寺) is a Chisan 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
金剛福寺
Hondō of Kongōfuku-ji
Religion
AffiliationShingon, Chisan sect
DeitySenju Kannon Bosatsu
Location
LocationTosashimizu, Kōchi-ken
CountryJapan
Architecture
FounderGyōki
Completed822

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]
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See also

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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