Kanshin-ji

Quick facts

Address

475 Teramoto, Kawachinagano, Osaka

Spiritual entities

Avalokiteśvara (Kannon · Gwaneum, 観音菩薩)

About this place

Kanshin-ji is in Kawachinagano, Osaka. It was founded in 701 by En no Gyoja. Its principal image is Nyoirin Kannon. In its grounds stands a pagoda called the Tatekake-to — the pagoda left mid-build — which Kusunoki Masashige is transmitted to have had a part in raising.

Origin and history

Kanshin-ji was founded in 701 by En no Gyoja.

Its principal image is Nyoirin Kannon.

In its grounds stands a pagoda called the Tatekake-to, which Kusunoki Masashige is transmitted to have had a part in raising.

What it is locally associated with

• What people do here

  The Tatekake-to

  In the grounds stands a pagoda called the Tatekake-to — the pagoda left mid-build — which Kusunoki Masashige is transmitted to have had a part in raising.

  documented history

• Origin

  Founded in 701 by En no Gyoja

  Kanshin-ji was founded in 701 by En no Gyoja.

  documented history

• Power spot

  Nyoirin Kannon

  Its principal image is Nyoirin Kannon.

  documented history

There is a pagoda here whose unfinished state became its name. Tatekake-to: the pagoda left mid-build. That it was never completed is what the building is called, and it stands that way still. Kusunoki Masashige is transmitted to have had a part in raising it.

The temple begins in 701, founded by En no Gyoja. Inunakisan Shippo Ryuji, elsewhere on this list, was also opened by En no Gyoja — that one in 661. The same name is attached to two mountains in Osaka.

The principal image is Nyoirin Kannon.

One note on what is missing. The temple’s own history page returns era names and western years that do not agree with one another, so it cannot be read reliably, and this page carries no date except the founding year. What cannot be read is not written. No category of prayer is attached either, since the page that did answer states none.

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Sources

1. 観心寺 — Kanshin-ji (accessed 2026-08-15)