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A temple in Iga, said to have been founded by Jicchu of Todaiji, holding a Shusho-e rite in February.
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Kanbodai-ji is a Buzan-school Shingon sect temple in Iga, Mie Prefecture. Its mountain name is Fumonzan. The principal image is the Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva. It is known for its Shushoe New Year ritual and is affectionately called 'Shogatsudo' (New Year Hall). According to a legend from the mid-Edo period, this temple was founded by Jitchu in the Tenpyo era of the Nara period (729-749) and revived in the Heian period, but details such as the date of its foundation are unknown. In the medieval period it was closely connected with a warrior group called the Shimagahara-to.
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