Chūzen-ji

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Tachigi Kannon-do
Plan of the temple (see text)

The Chūzen-ji ( Japanese 中 禅寺 ), also Tachigi Kannon ( 立木 観 音 ), is a temple of the Tendai direction of Buddhism in the city of Nikkō , Japan, which belongs to the Rinnō-ji . The temple is located on the lake of the same name and is the 18th of the 33 temples in the Kantō region in the traditional count .

history

According to tradition, the temple was founded in the 3rd year Enreki (783) by priest Shōdō ( 勝 道上 人 ). The temple was originally located on the grounds of the Futarasan shrine as a "shrine temple" ( 別 当 寺 bettōji ). In 1902 it was destroyed by the Ōyama tidal wave ( 大 山 津 波 Ōyama tsunami ), then it was rebuilt at the lake in Uta-no-Hama ( 歌 の 浜 ).

The attachment

You enter the complex from the west through the temple gate ( 山門 Sanmon ; 1 in the plan), which is in the form of a tower gate and as a Niō gate ( 仁王 門 Niō-mon ), i.e. as a gate with the two temple guards to the right and left of the passage is executed. On the right is the bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 2) on a high pedestal. Ahead you can see the small "Hashiri Daikokuten Hall" ( 波 之 利 大 黒 天堂 -dō ; 4), to the left of it is the main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō ; 3), which has a square floor plan and is provided with a pyramid roof. It houses the Kannon figure and the four heavenly kings ( 四 天王 Shitennō ). Opposite is the " Aizen Myōō Hall" ( 愛 染 明王 堂 -dō ; 5) with a pyramid roof.

In 1969 the "Hall of the Five Great Kings of Heaven" ( 五大 明王 堂 Godaimyōō-dō ; 6) was built above the temple grounds to commemorate the founding by Shōdō 12,000 years ago .

Temple treasures

The main cult figure, a standing Kannon of wood ( 木造千手観音立像 ) is more than 4.8 m high. It is said to have been made by the priest Shōdō and is registered as an important cultural asset of Japan .

photos

  • In front of the temple

  • Bell tower

  • Daikokuten Hall

  • Aizen Myōō Hall

  • Daigo-do

Remarks

  1. ↑ The five are: Fudō ( 不 動 明王 ) in the middle, in the east Gōzanze ( 降 三世 明王 ), in the south Gundari ( 軍 荼 利明 王 ), in the west Daiitoku ( 大 威 徳 明王 ) and in the north Kongōyasha ( 夜叉 夜叉 明王 ) .

literature

  • Tochigi-ken no rekishi sampo henshū iinkai (Ed.): Chuzen-ji . In: Tochigi-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2008. ISBN 978-4-634-24609-6 . P. 105.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 36 ° 43 ′ 51.3 ″  N , 139 ° 29 ′ 30 ″  E