Bukkō-ji (Kyoto)

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Miei-Halle at night
Plan of the temple (see text)

The Bukkō-ji ( Japanese 佛光 寺 ) with the Go Jūkoku-san (渋 谷 山, 汁 谷 山) is a temple of the Bukkōji branch of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in Kyōto .

history

The expelled priest Shinran founded this temple after he returned from the province of Echigo in 1212 under the name Kōryūshōhō-ji (興隆 正法 bzw.) or Kōshō-ji (興 正) for short, initially in Higashino (東 野) in the village of Yamashina . During the Kamakura period , the 7th abbot Ryōgen (了 源) is said to have relocated the temple to Shibutani, a district of Higashiyama in Kyōto , and given it the current name Bukkō-ji. The name is said to come from Emperor Go-Daigo as part of the temple name "Amida Bukkoji" (阿 弥陀 仏 光寺).

The temple developed well during the Muromachi period , but like the Enryaku-ji , it fell victim to fighting and was destroyed during the civil wars. He came to Hongan-ji in the 18th century and recovered. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi had the Hōkō-ji (方 広 寺) built for a large Buddha sculpture in 1586, the Bukkō-ji was moved to the site of the Gojōbō gate (五条 坊 門), where it is still located today.

During the Great Temmei Fire (天明 の 大火, Temmei no taika) in 1788 and the uprising at the Hamaguri Gate in 1864, the temple burned down again. The current buildings date from the Meiji period .

The attachment

Access to the temple, which is enclosed on two sides by houses, is from the east through the richly decorated temple gate (山門, Sammon; 1). Ahead you can see the main hall from 1884, here called Miei-Halle (御 影 堂, Hondō; 2), and to the left of it the smaller Amida-Halle (阿 弥陀 堂, Amida-dō; 3) from 1904. and monk buildings.

Treasures of the temple

In the Amida Hall there is a sculpture (木造 聖 徳 太子 立 像, Mokuzō Shōtoku taishi ritsuzō) made of wood, which represents Prince Shōtoku . As you know from additions from the interior, the sculpture was made in 1320, i.e. from the time of the north and south courtyards . It is registered as an Important Cultural Asset of Japan . Bones of the priest Ryōkai V (了 海), who was one of the six most important students of Shinran , were also found wrapped in paper . The picture of the "first degree instruction" (紙 本 著色 一流 相承 絵 系 図, Shihon chakushoku ichiryū sōshōkei zu), painted in color on paper, is also registered as an important cultural asset. This temple shares ownership with the Chōsei-in (長 性 院) in Kyōto.

photos

  • Temple gate

  • Miei-Halle on the right, Amida-Halle on the left

  • Miei Hall

  • Amida hall

literature

  • Kyoto-fu rekishi isan kenkyukai (Ed.): Bukko-ji . In: Kyoto-fu no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2011. ISBN 978-4-634-24626-3 .

Web links

Commons : Bukkō-ji  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ′ 2.9 "  N , 135 ° 45 ′ 43.6"  E