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The statue is believed to have originated in the year 730, when Gyoki visited the area and carved a thousand-armed Goddess statue, enshrining it in one of the caves nearby. The statue was regarded as a place of religious faith by travelers on the Tokaido road between Tokyo and Nagoya. A statue was erected at the top of Mt. Iwaya in 1765, but was later dismantled and used in the war effort. A new statue was constructed in 1950. Paintings on the ceiling of the Kannondo Hall on the south side of the mountain were drawn by Ishimine Onda and other Yoshida (the former name of Toyohashi) artists.
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