Ido-ji
The Ido-ji ( Japanese 井 戸 寺 ) with the Go Rurizan (瑠 璃 山) and Shimpukuin (真 福 院) in Tokushima is a temple that belongs to the Shingon direction of Buddhism. In the traditional count it is the 17th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .
history
The temple is said to have been created in the Hakuhō period (白鳳, 645-710) at the request of the emperor Temmu . When priest Kūkai wandered through Shikoku in the Heian period and came to this area, he was so touched by the peasants' water shortage that he thrust his priest's staff into the earth, whereupon water came out. That gave the temple the name Idoji, which means "well temple".
investment
You enter the complex through the mighty temple gate, which is designed here as a Niō gate (仁王 門; 1) with the two temple guards to the right and left of the passage. The gate was moved here by the 10th chief of the house of the Hachizuka who ruled the area in the Edo period , Hachisuka Shigeyoshi (蜂 須 賀 重 喜; 1738–1801), as a gift from his villa in Ōtani. Ahead you can see the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 2), which is surrounded on three sides by the cemetery (F). To the right of the main hall is the hall dedicated to the temple founder, the Daishidō (大師 堂; 3). This Daishidō is facing another small one, the "Hikagiri-Daishidō" (日 限 大師 堂; 4). There is a stone figure called the “water priest” (水 大師, Mizudaishi). If you pray to him there on certain days (Japanese hikagiri), your wishes will be fulfilled.
A special feature is the hexagonal pavilion, called "Daihiden" (大悲 殿; 5). In it the holy Fudō Myōō (不 動 明王) is venerated. - There is also a small shrine on the temple grounds dedicated to the Benzaiten (弁 財 天; 6), the only female among the Seven Gods of Fortune .
Treasures
The temple treasures include the standing 11 -headed wooden Kannon (木造 十 一面 観 音 立 像, Mokuzō jūichimen Kannon ritsuzō). It comes from the early Heian period, is made of cypress wood, is 197 cm high and carries a priest's staff in its right hand. The figure is registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan .
photos
Temple gate
In front of the main hall
Daishidō
Hikagiri Daishidō
Daihiden
literature
- Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (Ed.): Ido-ji . In: Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24636-2 . Page 84.
- Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 5 ′ 6.6 ″ N , 134 ° 29 ′ 7.6 ″ E