Daishin-in

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Plan of the temple

The Daishin-in ( Japanese 大 心 院 ) is a sub-temple of Myōshin-ji in Kyoto . He bears the mountain name Shōhō-zan (正法 山) and belongs to the Myōshinji branch of the Rinzai direction (臨 済 宗 妙 心 寺 派) of Buddhism. The sub-temple is open to the public and offers overnight accommodation.

history

During the Muromachi period , Hosokawa Masamoto (細 川 政 元; 1466-1507), who held a high position in the administration of the Ashikaga shogunate, built a private estate in 1479. In 1494 he made it available as a temple site. The first abbot of Daisen-in was Keisen Sōryū (景川 宗 隆; 1424–1500), who called the temple "Sekko Sōshin" (雪 江 宗 深). The temple was located west of the Shokoku-ji , then burned down during the Onin War .

In 1497 the temple of Hosokawa Fujitaka was rebuilt on the site of Myōshin-ji.

The attachment

You enter the temple from the west through the temple gate, here called the front gate (表 門, Omote-mon; 1 in the plan), and then you have the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 2) on the left. In front is the Shoin (書院; 3) - the Abtresidenz, in the east behind the other abbot and monk area. In the south is the hall of the ancestors Tamaya (霊 屋; 4) or Sodō (祖 堂).

The main hall with its entrance area dates from the Kan'ei era (1624–1643), a sculpture in the entrance area is said to come from Hidari Jingorō . The Shoin, the hall of the ancestors and the front gate, which is said to have been moved here from Ryūsen-an (龍泉 庵), are registered as important objects of the prefecture.

The temple has a garden in the Karesansui style at the shoin in the south with the designation " A-un garden " (阿 吽 の 庭, A-un no niwa; S in the plan). The current garden was designed by Nakene Kinsaku (中 根 金 作; 1917-1995), who is famous as " Kobori Enshū of the Shōwa period ".

Temple treasures

The multi-colored hanging scroll of silk with a Arhat representation (絹本着色羅漢像, Kempon chakushoku Rakan-zo) from the Kamakura period is as important cultural property registered.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Two other sub-temples of Myōshin-ji are open to the public: the Keishun-in and the Taizō-in .
  2. ↑ A and Un allude to the two temple guards in the temple gates: one has opened his mouth = A, the other has closed it = consonant N, written Un.

literature

  • Kyoto-fu rekishi isan kenkyukai (ed.): Daishin-in . In: Kyoto-fu no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2011. ISBN 978-4-634-24626-3 . P. 250.

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Coordinates: 35 ° 1 '22.4 "  N , 135 ° 43' 16.5"  E