An'yō-ji (Ishiyama-Nango)
The An'yō-ji ( Japanese 安 養 寺 ), also called Tachigisan-dera (立木 山寺) or simply Tachigi Kannon (立木 観 音), is a temple of the Jōdo direction of Buddhism in the district of Ishiyama-Nango (石山南 郷 町) in the Mountains in the south of Ōtsu ( Shiga Prefecture ). It is the 20th temple on the New Saigoku Pilgrimage Route .
history
When priest Kūkai made a pilgrimage through the country in 815 - 43 years old, which is a "year of danger" (厄 年, Yaku-doshi) for a man, he came to Mount Tachigi (立木 山) when he was one Had enlightenment. He then carved a life-size Kannon figure that was then worshiped. In addition, the Kannon can transform into a deer. She had shown the way to Tachigi as the deer Kūkai after he had crossed the Setagawa River (瀬 田 川). The place where she jumped the shallow river is called the "deer jump" (鹿 跳, Shishitobi).
The Kannon is also called the "Danger-driving Kannon of Tachigi" (厄 除 け の 立木 の 観 音, Yaku-nozoke no Tachigi no Kannon). Every month on the 17th, the “day of the beginning of life” (緑 日, Ennichi), a particularly large number of pilgrims come.
investment
The high-altitude temple area, which can be reached via a steep path, but also via a street, consists of the main hall (本 堂; Hondō; in plan 1) and the Oku-no-in (奥 の 院). There are also monks' buildings.
Remarks
- ↑ Today there is a bridge with the same name.
literature
- Shiga-ken rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Tachigi Kannon . In: Shiga-ken no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2008. ISBN 978-4-634-24625-6 . P. 106.
Web links
- Temple website (Japanese)
Coordinates: 34 ° 55 ′ 4 ″ N , 135 ° 54 ′ 36 ″ E