Ishidō-ji

Plan of the temple (see text)

The Ishidō-ji ( Japanese 石堂寺 ) is an old temple that belongs to the Tendai direction of Buddhism. It is located in Minamibōsō in Chiba Prefecture , Japan, and owns a number of important cultural assets , hereinafter abbreviated as WK.

history

According to tradition, the temple was founded in 745 by priest Gyōki . A pagoda for Ashoka (304-232), the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya , is said to have stood on the site , which led to the temple name Sekitō-ji ( 石塔寺 ). Together with the temples of the same name in the provinces of Ōmi and Kōzuke , they formed the "Three Pagoda Temples" ( 三塔寺 Santōji ). During the Sengoku period , the grandson of ( Oyumikubō -) Ashikaga Yoshiaki ( 小弓公方足利義明 ), Yoriuji ( 頼氏 ), was raised in this temple. Since this was the child's name Ishidōmaru ( 石堂丸 ), it became the name of the temple.

The temple flourished in the Kamakura period , but burned down completely in 1487. In 1525 it was rebuilt at its current location by the ruling family in the area, the Maru (丸氏).

The attachment

You enter the temple through the temple gate ( 山門 Sanmon ; 1) and then climb a winding path up to the temple complex. At the top you have the abbot's quarters (A), the “sacred tree” ( 御神木 O-Shimboku ; B) on the right. If you go further, you can see the bell tower on the left ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 2). It dates from 1738, the temple bell from 1331. On the right is the treasure pagoda ( 多宝塔 Tahōtō , 3). It was donated by Maru Tsunetsuna ( 丸常綱 ) in 1545 and is registered as a WK. Now you stand in front of the main hall ( 本堂 Hondō ; 4; WK). It is executed in a zen style . It should come from the time the complex was built. To the left of the main hall are the places of prayer Taishi-dō ( 太子堂 ; 5) and Sannō-dō ( 山王堂 ; 7), the latter from the Sengoku period . In front of it is a small pagoda in the shape of the Hōkyōintō ( 宝篋印塔 ; 6), here a little unusual not made of stone, but of bronze. It was made in 1841.

The reed-covered Yakushi -dō ( 薬師堂 ; 8) was located in the Ishidōhara ( 石堂原 ) district of Minamibōsō, where it belonged to an abandoned temple complex. It was moved here in 1971 and rebuilt. According to temple tradition, it served as a transitional main hall when the original one was lost after the fire in 1487.

Temple treasures

The main cult figure is an "eleven-headed Kannon " ( 木造十一面観音立像 Mokuzō jūichimen Kannon ritsuzō ; WK). It is 180 cm high, dates from the Heian period and is made from a piece of wood from the Japanese nut slice .

In the treasure pagoda is an eleven-headed Kannon from the Kamakura period , it is registered as an important cultural asset of the prefecture. There used to be carved representations of high waves of the Nami no Ihachi. They can now be seen in the refectory.

Remarks

↑ In the Sannō-dō, also called Sannō-gū ( 山王宮 ), Sannō, originally a Shinto deity , is worshiped.
↑ Nami no Ihachi ( 波の伊八 ), literally "wave Ihachi", actually Takeshi Ihachirō Nobuyoshi ( 武志伊八郎信由 ; 1751-1824), was a wood carver who mainly dealt with wave representations.

literature

Chiba-ken kotogakko Kyoiku kenkyukai rekishi bukai (Ed.): Ishidō-ji . In: Chiba-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2006. ISBN 978-4-634-24612-6 . Pp. 284, 285.

Web links (images)

Waves of ihachi

Web links

Website of the temple, Japanese

35.051611 139.958083Coordinates: 35 ° 3 '5.8 " N , 139 ° 57' 29.1" E

[1] In the Sannō-dō, also called Sannō-gū ( 山王宮 ), Sannō, originally a Shinto deity , is worshiped.

[2] Nami no Ihachi ( 波の伊八 ), literally "wave Ihachi", actually Takeshi Ihachirō Nobuyoshi ( 武志伊八郎信由 ; 1751-1824), was a wood carver who mainly dealt with wave representations.