Jizō-ji (Itano)

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Main hall
Plan of the temple

The Jizō-ji ( Japanese 地 蔵 寺 ) in Itano ( 板 野 町 ) in Tokushima Prefecture with the Go Mujinzan ( 無尽 山 ) and Shōgonin ( 荘 厳 院 ) is a temple of the Omuro direction ( 御 室 派 ) of Shingon Buddhism. In the traditional count, it is the fifth temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .

history

At the request of the Emperor Saga , priest Kūkai built this temple in 821. On this occasion, Kūkai is said to have donated a self-carved, 5.5 cm high Jizō Bosatsu figure to the temple. The following emperors Junna and Nimmyō also took care of the temple. According to this, Jōkan Shōnin is said to have made a "long-lived Jizō" figure ( 延命 地 蔵 菩薩 ), inside of which a carved "Victorious Jizō" ( 勝軍 地 蔵 菩薩 ) was introduced. From Minamoto no Yoritomo , Minamoto no Yoshitsune to the Hachisuka , numerous generals are said to have asked for their successes. With the related donations, the temple became very rich and owned around 300 sub-temples and 26 monasteries ( 塔 頭 , Dachū) in the three provinces of Awa , Sanuki and Iyo .

During the Tenshō era (1573–1592) the temple was destroyed by the forces of Chōsokabe Motochika . Later the temple was rebuilt with combined forces, which today has an area of ​​40,000 m².

The attachment

If you pass the Small Temple Gate ( 山門 , Sammon; 1), you have the main hall ( 本 堂 , Hondō, 2) ahead of you on the left . On the same side is the suzkinkutsu ( 水 琴 窟 ), the "harp spring", the water of which flows with a harp-like sound. On the right side of the temple grounds there is the hall for the temple founder, the Daishidō ( 大師 堂 ; 3) and, next to it, the Awajimadō ( 淡 島 堂 ; 4), a prayer hall for the sick that belongs to the Awajima Shrine in the city of Wakayama . - In front of the two buildings there is a ginkgo tree, marked in green on the plan, which is estimated to be more than 800 years old.

If you take the pilgrim path on the left side of the main hall and climb the stone stairs, you will come to Oku no In ( 奥 の 院 ), the upper temple district. There you will find the Rakan Hall ( 羅漢堂 ; 5) from 1775, in which the 500 Rakan , i.e. the closest disciples of the Buddha, were set up. A fire caused by pilgrims in 1915 caused great damage, after all there are still around 200 rakan with their friendly faces left.

photos

  • Temple gate

  • Daishidō, Awajimadō

  • Harp source in the foreground

  • Kūkai

literature

  • Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Jizō-ji . In: Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24636-2 . Page 78.
  • Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 34 ° 8 ′ 14 "  N , 134 ° 25 ′ 54.9"  E