Anyō-in

I visited the Anyō-in 安養院 in Itabashi  板橋, a temple that  is connected to the Shingon sect and enshrines Amida-nyorai 阿弥陀如来 and Benzai-ten 弁財天. Overall, the temple domain is rather big as there is a graveyard within and trees provide shade which creates a tranquil atmosphere. Remarkable in this temple yard are the dozens of statues of different manifestations of Kannon-bosatsu 観音菩薩.

The main gate

Graves in the background with quite a lot of ita-tōba 板塔婆 (wooden stūpa), a statue of Jizō-bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 in the middle and a large stūpa with the Siddhaṃ character that symbolises Amida-nyorai.

Some Jizō-bosatsu statues that seem to be connected to mizu-kuyō 水供養.

Nyoirin Kannon

Jūichi-men Kannon

Sen-ju Kannon

Batō Kannon

Main Hall

Statues in the back of the temple yard

Blue-faced vajra (青面金剛 Shōmen-kongō) connected to Kōshin-kō 庚申講 (For more information on this subject refer to earlier post). 

Buckets and ladles (柄杓 hishaku) provided by the temple for maintenance of the graves.