It is said that in 807, Tokuitsu-daishi searched for a katsura tree from Mt. Myojingatake, and himself carved six Kannon statues, which, including the Oiwa Kannon, were Kabuto, Matsukishi, Yashiki, Kannon, and Odaira, and were separately enshrined.

 The statue is 40cm tall, is a seated figure made of wood that has been colored and is enshrined atop a 20cm pedestal ornamented with many lotus flowers. It is flanked by statues of Tamonten and Fudoson.

 The hall was originally 50m southwest of its current location; however, in 1636, the hall was destroyed by snow falling from a cliff, and in 1666 it was dismantled and reconstructed in its current location. In the early Heisei Era, because the hall caved in from an avalanche, it is rebuilt with present style.

 

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