Kyodo (Rotating Sutra Repository)
This kyodo was erected in Bunka 7 (1810) by the sculptor Hanbee Ishida, who was born in Matsuzaki Town. The rotatable scripture chest has six faces, each fitted with drawers holding a total of sixty books. Each face bears symbols corresponding to the twelve zodiac signs.
This rotating style originated in China and came to Japan with Zen Buddhism. It is said that turning this sutra repository once confers the same merit as reciting the entire Buddhist canon.
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