Awa Kokubun-ji
The Awa Kokubun-ji ( Japanese 阿波 国 分 寺 ) with the mountain name Yakuōsan ( 薬 王 山 ) and the sub-temple name Konjiki-in ( 金色 院 ) in Kokufu (after the Kokufu of Awa, since 1967 to Tokushima ) is a temple belonging to the Sōtō -Direction of Buddhism belongs. In the traditional count, it is the 16th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .
history
The Awa Kokubun-ji as a provincial temple ( Kokubunji ), d. H. Main temple, of Awa , is the oldest of its kind of Shikoku . It was built by priest Gyōgi , who himself made a wooden figure of Yakushi Nyorai . Originally, like many temples in Nara , it belongs to the Hosso direction of Buddhism. At that time the temple area had an area of 47,000 m 2 , as we know from excavations of base stones for buildings. It was built as a classic Shichidō Garan ( 七 堂 伽藍 ), i.e. with all seven important halls and buildings.
When priest Kūkai wandered through Shikoku during the Kōnin era (810-824) and came to this temple, he converted him to the Shingon direction of Buddhism. During the military unrest in the Tenshō era (1573–1592), the temple was destroyed and also lost a large part of its property. It was not until 1741 that it was rebuilt by the Awa commissioner, Hayami Tsunogorō ( 速 水 角 五郎 ).
investment
You enter the temple area over a small bridge and pass the temple gate ( 山門 Sammon ; 1). On the left side you have the mighty housing for the temple bell ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 2), the main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō ; 3) in front of you. It was built in the Bunka-Bunsei era (1804-1830) to replace a previous building. Under its main roof it has a lower, surrounding roof rim. The main hall has memorial plaques that were venerated by Emperor Seimu and his wife, Empress Kōmyō ( 光明 皇后 Kōmyō-kōgō ; 701-760). On the right is the tiny old hall in memory of the temple's founder, the Daishi-dō ( 大師 堂 ; 4), in which the Ususama Myōō ( 烏 枢 沙摩明 王 ), one of the "Shining Kings", is venerated. A few years ago a new, larger Daishidō (5) was built next to it, the old one remained.
The garden (G) of the temple, which frames the main hall on the right and left, is said to date from the Momoyama period . He has artificial hills, water indicated by pebbles, stones up to 4 m high, so it is of the Kare-san-sui type . It was added to the list of "National Special Views" ( 国 の 名勝 Kuni no meishō ) in 2000 , but is not publicly available.
photos
Temple gate
Bell tower and Main
Daishidō (Ususama Myōō-dō)
Daishidō 2014
garden
literature
- Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (Ed.): Kokubun-ji . In: Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24636-2 . Page 89.
- Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 3 ′ 20.2 ″ N , 134 ° 28 ′ 25 ″ E