Amida-ji (Minamisōma)

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Plan of the temple (see text)

The Amida-ji ( Japanese 阿 弥陀寺 ) with the Go Chumokusan ( 中 目 山 ) and Ganshōin ( 岩松 院 ) is a temple of the Jōdo direction of Buddhism in Minamisōma in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan.

history

The Amida-ji with the main cult figure Amida Nyorai is an old temple within the Sōma area. In the Middle Ages, the Nitta-Iwamatsu ( 新 田 ・ 岩松 ) were powerful in the area, and so the temple of Iwamatsu Yoshimasa ( 岩松 義 政 ) was founded in 1406 as the family burial temple ( 菩提寺 Bodaiji ). The temple played a major role in spreading the Jōdo direction of Buddhism in the area.

The attachment

The temple gate ( 山門 Sanmon 1 in the diagram) at the foot of the temple is a Viersäulentor and is provided with a saddle roof covered. The main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō ; 3) is covered with a hipped roof and copper plates. The hall extends 7 ken to the rear, its front side has a canopy in the middle. In the bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 2) hangs a bell from 1748. It is registered as a cultural asset of the city of Minamisōma.

On the edge of the temple there is a large ginkgo tree ( イ チ ョ ウ Ichō ; G), the age of which is estimated to be 600 years. It is registered as a natural monument ( 天然 記念 物 Tennen kinenbutsu ) of the city of Minamisōma. Below the temple is the cemetery (F).

Treasures of the temple

A hanging scroll with the embroidered characters for Amida ( 刺 繍 阿 弥陀 名号 掛 幅 Shishū Amida Myōgo Kakefuku ) from the Kamakura period is registered as an important cultural asset of Japan . A hanging scroll ( 刺 繍 亜 無 駄 三尊 来 迎 掛 幅Shishū Amida-Sanzon Nyorai Kakefuku ), also from the Kamakura period, and a woodcut portrait of the priest Hōnen (法 然 上 人像 板 木, Honen Shōnin-zō Hangi) from the Muromachii -Time are registered as an Important Cultural Asset of the Prefecture.

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literature

  • Fukushima-ken kotogakko chirirekishi kominka (shakaika) kenkyukai (ed.): Amidaji . In: Fukushima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2007. ISBN 978-4-634-24607-2 . P. 22 and 23.

Coordinates: 37 ° 42 ′ 52 ″  N , 140 ° 58 ′ 20 ″  E