Many temples throughout Japan have an Eleven-faced Kannon as their principal object of worship use the name 'Hase-dera Temple', including Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura, and therefore, in order to distinguish the Nara temple from others, it is sometimes called 'Hase-dera Temple of Yamato Province' or 'Sohonzan Hase-dera Temple' amongst others. |
十一面観音を本尊とし「長谷寺」を名乗る寺院は鎌倉の長谷寺をはじめ日本各地に多く、他と区別するため「大和国長谷寺」「総本山長谷寺」等と呼称することもある。 |