Daikō-ji (Mitoyo)
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The Daikō-ji ( Japanese 大興 寺 ), also called Komatsu-ji (小 松尾 寺), with the Go Komatsuozan (小 松尾 山) and Fudōkōin (不 動 光 院) is a temple of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in Mitoyo ( Kagawa Prefecture ) . In the traditional count, it is the 67th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .
history
According to the written tradition of the temple (Daikōji engi) the temple was founded in 822 by priest Kūkai at the request of the emperor Saga . The temple developed into a large complex with 36 monks' huts (僧坊). But when Chōsokabe Motochika broke into the Sanuki province between 1578 and 1583 and devastated it, the temple was destroyed except for the main hall.
It was not rebuilt until 1789, when the long stone staircase was laid out.
investment
At the foot of the hill is the temple gate in the east, which is designed here as a Nio gate (仁王 門, Niō-mon), i.e. as a gate with the two temple guards to the right and left of the passage. Then you climb a long stone staircase to the buildings of the temple complex. At the top you have the temple bell (鐘楼, Shōrō; 3) on the right, ahead you can see the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 1), to the left the hall dedicated to the temple founder, the Daishidō (大師 堂; 2), to the right of the The main hall is the Tendaidaishido (天台 大師 堂; 4). Immediately to the south of the hill is the meeting house of the local government of Komatsuo (小 松尾 自治 会館, Komatsuo Jiji Kaikan; A) and the shrine in the Kumano Sansho Gongen (熊 野 三 所 権 現; B), in which the saints of the three Kumano - Shrines to be worshiped.
Treasures
The temple has four sculptures registered by the prefecture as important cultural assets: (1) The main cult figure in the main hall is the healing Buddha, Yakushi Nyorai (薬 師 如 来). It is a seated figure made of lacquered wood, 84 cm high. It was made by Kūkai, so it dates from the late Heian period . (2) In the neighboring hall on the right, which is dedicated to the Tendai direction , there is a sculpture of the founder of Tendai, the Chinese Zhi Yi (Japanese Chigi), which comes from the Kamakura period . (3 and 4) The temple guards (金剛 力士, Kongrikishi) in the Niō Gate were made by the famous Unkei . With a height of 3.24 m, they are the largest of the 88 temples on the Shikoku pilgrimage route. - The temple bell was originally donated to the Sugao Shrine (菅 生 神社, Sugao jinja) in 1685 by the school of the bell founder Hara Kichibee (原 吉 兵衛), but then came here.
photos
Temple gate
Stairs to the temple
Temple bell
Daishidō
Tendaidaishidō
literature
- Kagawa-ken no rekishisampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Daikō-ji . In: Kagawa-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2013. ISBN 978-4-634-24637-9 . Page 201, 202.
- Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 6 ′ 7.9 ″ N , 133 ° 43 ′ 9 ″ E