Mino Thirty-three Kannon
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Mino Seigoku Sanjūsan Kannon Reijō-kai. Accessed June 6, 2008.
The name is derived from
Mino Province was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the west, Echizen and Hida to the north, Shinano to the east, and Ise, Mikawa, and Owari to the south. Its abbreviated fo ...
, the former name for the area. The list was originally created during the mid-
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Tōkai Hundred Kannon

The Mino Thirty-three Kannon combine with the Owari Thirty-three Kannon in western
Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...
, the Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon in eastern Aichi Prefecture and Toyokawa Inari to form the Tōkai Hundred Kannon.Owari Thirty-three Kannon
. Aruku88.net. Accessed May 4, 2009.


See also

* Tōkai Hundred Kannon ** Owari Thirty-three Kannon ** Toyokawa Inari *
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External links


Tōkai Hundred Kannon: Mino Seigoku Thirty-three Kannon Reijō-kai


References

{{Buddhist temples in Japan Buddhist temples in Gifu Prefecture