[P]ilgrims who follow in the footsteps of Kobo Daishi around Shikoku record their journey by collecting these goshuin, single sheets of paper, or in book form (nokyocho), from each of the temples along the way. (Some also have their white pilgrims’ coat (hakue) stamped at each stop). The superb calligraphic rendering of the temple’s name is hand-brushed on the spot by temple priests, their practiced concentration (and long practice) clearly revealed in each brushstroke…
These goshuin were collected by the artist Suzuka Yasu, who documented his island circumambulation with photographs shown here.
The first of these records the date of commencement of the pilgrimage. The temples are numbered by their order along the route.
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- 1 Ryōzen-ji (霊山寺)
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- 2 Gokuraku-ji (極楽寺)
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- 3 Konsen-ji (金泉寺)
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- 4 Dainichi-ji (大日寺)
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- 5 Jizō-ji (地蔵寺)
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- 6 Anraku-ji (安楽寺)
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- 7 Jūraku-ji (十楽寺)
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- 8 Kumadani-ji (熊谷寺)
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- 9 Hōrin-ji (法輪寺)
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- 10 Kirihata-ji (切幡寺)
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- 11 Fujii-dera (藤井寺)
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- 12 Shōsan-ji (焼山寺)
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- 13 Dainichi-ji (大日寺)
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- 14 Jōraku-ji (常楽寺)
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- 15 Awa Kokubun-ji (阿波国分寺)
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- 16 Kannon-ji (観音寺)
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- 17 Ido-ji (井戸寺)
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- 18 Onzan-ji (恩山寺)
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- 19 Tatsue-ji (立江寺)
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- 20 Kakurin-ji (鶴林寺)
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- 21 Tairyūji (太竜寺)
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- 22 Byōdō-ji (平等寺)
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- 23 Yakuō-ji (薬王寺)
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- 24 Hotsumisaki-ji (最御崎寺)
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- 25 Shinshō-ji (津照寺)
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- 26 Kongōchō-ji (金剛頂寺)
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- 27 Kōnomine-ji (神峰寺)
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- 28 Dainichi-ji (大日寺)
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- 29 Tosa Kokubun-ji (土佐国分寺)
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- 30 Zenrakuji (善楽寺)
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- 31 Chikurin-ji (竹林寺)
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- 32 Zenjibu-ji (禅師峰寺)
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- 33 Sekkei-ji (雪蹊寺)
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- 34 Tanema-ji (種間寺)
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- 35 Kiyotaki-ji (清滝寺)
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- 36 Shōryū-ji (青竜寺)
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- 37 Iwamoto-ji (岩本寺)
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- 38 Kongōfuku-ji (金剛福寺)
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- 39 Enkō-ji (延光寺)
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- 40 Kanjizai-ji (観自在寺)
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- 41 Ryūkōji (竜光寺)
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- 42 Butsumoku-ji (佛木寺)
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- 43 Meiseki-ji (明石寺)
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- 44 Daihō-ji (大宝寺)
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- 45 Iwaya-ji (岩屋寺)
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- 46 Jōruri-ji (浄瑠璃寺)
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- 47 Yasaka-ji (八坂寺)
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- 48 Sairin-ji (西林寺)
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- 49 Jōdo-ji (浄土寺)
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- 50 Hanta-ji (繁多寺)
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- 51 Ishite-ji (石手寺)
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- 52 Taisan-ji (太山寺)
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- 53 Enmyō-ji (円明寺)
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- 54 Enmei-ji (延命寺)
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- 55 Nankōbō (南光坊)
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- 56 Taisan-ji (泰山寺)
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- 57 Eifuku-ji (栄福寺)
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- 58 Senyū-ji (仙遊寺)
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- 59 Iyo Kokubun-ji (伊予国分寺)
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- 60 Yokomine-ji (横峰寺)
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- 61 Kōon-ji (香園寺)
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- 62 Hōju-ji (宝寿寺)
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- 63 Kichijō-ji (吉祥寺)
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- 64 Maegami-ji (前神寺)
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- 65 Sankaku-ji (三角寺)
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- 66 Unpen-ji (雲辺寺)
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- 67 Daikō-ji (大興寺
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- 68 Jinne-in (神恵院)
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- 69 Kannon-ji (観音寺)
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- 70 Motoyama-ji (本山寺)
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- 71 Iyadani-ji (弥谷寺)
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- 72 Mandara-ji (曼荼羅寺)
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- 73 Shusshakaji (出釈迦寺)
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- 74 Kōyama-ji (甲山寺)
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- 75 Zentsū-ji (善通寺)
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- 76 Konzō-ji (金倉寺)
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- 77 Dōryū-ji (道隆寺)
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- 78 Gōshō-ji (郷照寺)
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- 79 Tennō-ji (天皇寺)
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- 80 Sanuki Kokubun-ji (讃岐国分寺)
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- 81 Shiromine-ji (白峯寺)
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- 82 Negoro-ji (根香寺)
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- 83 Ichinomiya-ji (一宮寺)
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- 84 Yashima-ji (屋島寺)
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- 85 Yakuri-ji (八栗寺)
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- 86 Shido-ji (志度寺)
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- 87 Nagao-ji (長尾寺)
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- 88 Ōkubo-ji (大窪寺)
