Anraku-ji (Kamiita)
The Anraku-ji ( Japanese 安 楽 寺 ) in Kamiita ( 上 板 ) in Tokushima Prefecture with the Go Onsenzan ( 温泉 山 ) and Rurikōin ( 瑠 璃 光 院 ) is a temple that belongs to the Kōyasan direction ( 高 野山 派 ) of Shingon Buddhism . In the traditional count it is the sixth temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .
history
When Kōbō Daishi Shikoku wandered through in the Heian period , he found a hot spring at this location. He was convinced that sick people could find healing for their bodies in this densely wooded area, and by worshiping Yakushi Nyorai ( 薬 師 如 来 ) also for their minds. He had a temple hall built for the Yakushi, named the temple "Anrakuji" and gave it the go "Onsenzan". In the Momoyama period , when the Hachisuka ruled here, the temple was designated as “Ekiroji” ( 駅 路 寺 ), a kind of “station stamp” . This is described in 1598 in the "Eikiroji busho" ( 駅 路 寺 文書 ) that came to us.
The attachment
If you walk through the temple gate in the east ( 山門 , Sammon; 1), you will pass a green area on the left, which has been laid out as a changing garden with a pond . According to tradition , when Kōbō Daishi was 42 years old, a dangerous age for men ( 男性 の 大 厄 , Dansei no Daiyaku), a hunter gave him a bow and arrow, which protected him. He is said to have escaped the danger, planted pine trees, the "Sakamatsu". There is also the treasure pagoda, which is important for the Shingon faith ( 多 wichtige , Tahōtō; 2). Ahead you can see the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 3). The reed-covered roof of the mighty abbot's quarters ( 方丈 , Hōjō; 4) was donated by the Hachisuka 250 years ago . As usual, there is also a hall here, which is dedicated to the temple founder, the Daishidō ( 大師 堂 , 5).
The Shukubō ( 宿 坊 ), the hostel for pilgrims, has existed for 400 years. As the Go of the temple Onsenzan - "Temple of the hot spring" - suggests, the hostel has a large bath that is fed with naturally hot spring water.
photos
Temple gate
Main hall with canopy
treasure
pagoda
Daishidō
Abbot quarters
literature
- Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Abraku-ji . In: Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24636-2 . Page 80.
- Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 7 '5 " N , 134 ° 23' 18.2" E