Kimii-dera Temple is the head temple of the Kuse Kannon sect, located in Kimii-dera, Wakayama City. Its mountain name is Kimii-zan. The principal image is the Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu (Eleven-faced Kannon). The temple's official name is Kongō-hō-ji, but it is known as Kimii-dera Temple. It is the second temple on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. The following three items are provided: 1. Goshuin (temple stamp) for the 2nd Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage temple 2. History document 3. Saigoku Pilgrimage of Compassion Kimii-dera Temple is a sacred temple founded by the Tang Dynasty monk, Master Iko, in the first year of the Hōki era (770) during the reign of Emperor Kōnin. Master Iko came from the Tang Dynasty, crossing the rough East China Sea. He traveled through various countries, spreading the Buddhist teachings to save people from suffering through the compassionate light of Kannon. During his travels, he arrived at this place and saw a spiritual light in the middle of the night on the hillside of Nagusa Mountain, and he felt the presence of a statue of Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon). Master Iko rejoiced that this place was a sacred ground of Kannon's compassion, and he carved the statue of Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu himself, with each stroke of the knife accompanied by three bows, and built a temple to enshrine it. That is said to be the origin of Kimii-dera Temple.