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Priest Shoto passed away on March 1st of 817. He was cremated in
the valley of crag, which was located near the kaizan-doh hall.
A small and vermilion lacquered
hall was built to enshrine Shoto. That shrine is today's Kaizan-doh
hall. Wooden image of Bosatsu and seated image of Priest Shoto are
enshrined in the Kaizan-doh hall. It is told that those images were
made in Muromachi period. Also, wooden images of ten pupils of Shoto
are put on the right and left of the principal image. Rite of Kaizan
meeting will be carried out in the hall on April 1st.
There is Gorin-toh tower in the
place of Shoto's tomb. Three other tombs are also put there, but
these are for his followers. The Gorin-toh tower stands on the back
of Kaizan-doh hall.
Crag on the back of Kaizan-doh
is called Hotoke-iwa, which means Buddha Crag. Rocks of the crag
were like Buddha, but these were collapsed by earthquake. Today,
6 stone images of Buddha are put on hollow place, where is located
on the back of Kaizan-doh hall.
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