Gumyō-ji
The Gumyō-ji ( Japanese 弘 明 寺 ) with the mountain name Suiō-san ( 瑞 應 山 ) and the sub-temple name Renge-in ( 蓮華 院 ) is a temple belonging to the Kōyasan branch ( 高 野山 派 Kōyasan-ha ) of the Shingon direction of the Buddhism heard. It is located in Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan, and is the oldest temple in the city. In the traditional census it is the 14th of the 33 temples in the Kantō region .
history
The temple is believed to date from the late Heian period . According to tradition, it was created from 1044 onwards. According to the Azuma Kagami ( 吾 妻 鏡 ), a chronicle from the Kamakura period , it is said for the year 1181 that the temple was a place of prayer for the Minamoto ( 源 家 累代 の 祈願 所 Genke ruidai no kiganjo ). So Minamoto no Yoritomo was a great sponsor.
Until the Kamakura period the temple was 求明寺 (Gumyō-ji) written, then was 求 after the Kannon concerned Sutra by the identical there 弘 replaced.
The temple grounds were cut through in 1930 when the Keikyū main line was built . The western part, located on a hill, became Gumyōji Park ( 弘 明 寺 公園 kōen ), with only part of the cemetery complex being preserved.
The attachment
A shopping street "Before the (temple) gate" ( 門前 町 Monzen-machi ) leads to the temple and crosses the street to Kamakura ( 鎌倉 み ち Kamakura michi ). You enter the temple complex from the southeast through the temple gate ( 山門 Sammon ; 1 in the plan), which is designed here as a Niō gate ( 仁王 門 Niō-mon ), i.e. as a gate with the two temple guards ( Niō ) to the right and left of the passage. You climb a staircase to the level of the temple complex and then you have the main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō , 2) in front of you, which has a pyramid roof .
To the right of the edge is the bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 3) and the Fūseki gate ( 楓 関門 Fūseki-mon ; 5), which leads to the abbot and monk's area (A). On the left is the Daishidō ( 大師 堂 ; 4), i.e. the hall that is dedicated to the temple founder.
Temple treasures
The main cult figure, an eleven-faced Kannon ( 十 一面 観 音 ), called "Gumyō Kannon", is classified as an important cultural asset of Japan . It is 181.7 cm high and made from a single piece of zelkoven wood . The processing with a round chisel ( 丸 鑿 marunomi ) indicates that it was probably made in the late Heian period, i.e. on the occasion of the rebuilding of the temple.
Remarks
- ↑ Printed in Suzuki and Asakura (eds.): Edo meijō zue . Kadokawa Bunko, 1967.
literature
- Kanagawa-ken kotogakko Kyoka kenkyukai shakaika bukai rekishi bunkakai (Ed.): Gumyō-ji . In: Kanagawa-ken no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2005. ISBN 978-4-634-24614-0 . 127, 128.
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Coordinates: 35 ° 25 '27 " N , 139 ° 35' 50.7" E