A Stone Statue at the Ishiteji Temple
by L Bosco
Title
A Stone Statue at the Ishiteji Temple
Artist
L Bosco
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Photograph - Digital Image
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Ishiteji (石手寺), located near Dogo Onsen and northeast of Matsuyama's city center, is the city's most famous temple. It is number 51 of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Pilgrims dressed in white are a frequent sight at this large temple.I don't have notes on the identity of this statue, but would certainly like to know who it is. He may be one of the diggers of the cave that is part of this temple. Ishiteji's name means "stone hand temple", referring to a local legend in which an aristocrat had held a stone tightly in his hand at his death bed after seeking the priest Kobo Daishi to no avail, and was later reborn with the stone still held in the baby's hand.
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