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One of the head temples of shugendo. A three-storey pagoda stands here.
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Goryu Sonryuin is a Shugendo temple located in Hayashi, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. Its principal image is the Eleven-Faced Kannon. It is the head temple of 'Shugendo', a branch of Tendai Shugendo. Its head is Miyake Hitoshi, professor emeritus of Keio University. En no Ozunu (En no Gyoja), said to be the founder of Shugendo, was prosecuted by the court in 699 (Monmu 3) and hid at Kumano Hongu, but was exiled to Izu Oshima (Shoku Nihongi).
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Founded：Taiho era (traditional) Blessings：Mountain worship
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