Nagate-kan-non

  Nagate-Juichimen-kan-non-do has been said to be built by Jitsugi Sozu in 1215. At first, it was on the top of Mt. Nagateyama and replaced here in 1712. This Kan-non-do was rebuilt in the Bunsei era(1818-1830). It has the hipped roof which is roofed with copper plates, Hirairi(Japanese traditional architecture style), and unpainted natural Makabe-zukuri walls. It measures 3.6m both in length and in width. Inside of the temple, Ema(wood plates on which Japanese people write their wishes) is displayed and the framed picture, a kind of the sign board, written as “Nagate-Juichimen-kan-non-do” is hung over the pent roof.

  In the precinct, there are the Yudonosan stela, the Iidesan stela (in Okitama district a lot of people believed Mt.Iide as a sacred mountain) and the Ohmiyama stela (in Okitama district, people was eager to participate in the lecture of Buddhism called as Omiya-koh, especially women did because of profit of safe delivery). We can imagine how eager people had believed this shrine from these stelas. 

  The sitting statue Juichimen-kan-non in major shrine is 70cm tall. The festival takes place on July 10th every year, and on this day this statue is shown to ordinary people. This statue has the profit for disaster prevention, so nowadays people wish for road safety to this. 

The 11th Fudasho(temples where amulets are collected) in the sacred area of Okitama 33 Kan-non-do.
    
The principal image: Juichimen-kan-non-Bosatsu     

A 31-syllable Japanese poem people read to praise to Buddha     
Chichi Haha no Megumi mo fukaki Nakate keru Hotoke no chikai Tanomu narikeri    

Denomination: Shingon sect Daigo-ha     

Owner temple: Daigyoin Zuiunji temple
 (Sub-owner temple: Kinoene-Daikokkuten-honzan-houjuji in Onogawa, Yonezawa)