Ōkubo-ji
The Ōkubo-ji ( Japanese 大窪 寺 ) with the Go Iōzan (医 王 山) and Henjōin (遍照 光 院) is a temple of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in the mountains on the northern edge of the city of Sanuki in Kagawa Prefecture . It is the 88th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route and is the last in the traditional sequence to be called “Kechigan no tera” (結 願 の 寺), for example “temples ultimately visited with requests”.
history
The original temple Okubō-ji was 1 kilometer north in the mountains, where it was possibly built in the Kamakura period , although the temple tradition ascribes its foundation to the priest Kūkai in the 8th century. It is also not known when he was transferred to the current location. In any case, in 1347 he came with his lands to the Sambo-in des Daigo-ji . Presumably, the temple was rebuilt into a mountain temple at the beginning of the Muromachi period under the influence of the Sambo-in. It is located on the southern slope of the 774 m high Nyōtaisan (女 体 山), which is also called "Ishida nyōtai" (石田 女 体), and with its numerous buildings it formed a whole temple city. The size of the complex can only be roughly determined today: although many clay scissors have been excavated, they can hardly be classified in terms of time.
In 1574, Miyoshi Nagaharu (三好 長治; 1553–1577) was repulsed in his attack on Sanuki Province , causing the temple to go up in flames. The temple, located on the border between the provinces of Sanuki and Awa , later became part of the ongoing conflict.
Today the Setsgoma-eyō (大 護 摩 会場), also called otaki-age (お 焚 き 上 げ) ceremony is held annually at Setsubun (節 分), i.e. at the beginning of spring, and on August 20 on the site . A ritual fire "Goma" is burned down.
The attachment
The inner temple area is at the end of an approximately 100 m long staircase, where you pass the modern temple gate (仁王 門, Niō-mon) below. Above, the places of worship in the temple include the Chūden (中 殿) and the Okudono (奥 殿). In the Okudono Yakushi Nyorai and a treasure pagoda (多 宝塔, Tahōtō) are venerated. In the square next to it stands the column hung with rings, the Hōjōdō (宝杖 堂), originally the walking stick of the monks, Shakujō (錫杖). Before that, an eternal flame burns in memory of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Furthermore, above a staircase there is the Taishidō (大師 堂), the prayer house in which the temple founder Kūkai is venerated.
photos
Niō Gate
Daishidō
Hōjōdō
Eternal Flame
Kūkai
Abbot's quarters and Nyōtaisan
Fall foliage in the temple precinct
literature
- Kagawa-ken no rekishisampo henshu iinkai (Ed.): Okubo-ji. In: Kagawa-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2013, ISBN 978-4-634-24637-9 , pp. 68-69.
- Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, Tokyo 2011, ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 11 ′ 29.1 ″ N , 134 ° 12 ′ 24.3 ″ E