Kōmyō-zenji
The Kōmyō-zenji ( Japanese 光明 禅寺 , dt. "Zen temple of shining clarity") is a Zen temple in Dazaifu (Fukuoka) , Japan . His mountain title Jingozan ( 神 護 山 , literally "Götterschirmberg") indicates the close relationship with the Tenman-gū shrine in the immediate vicinity .
The facility was founded during the Kamakura period in 1273 by Tetsugyū Enshin ( 鉄 牛 円 心 ), a monk of the Rinzai school ( Tōfuku-ji faction). Until the separation of Buddhism and Shinto ( Shinbutsu-Bunri ) in the early Meiji period , it served the priests of the Tenmangū shrine as a family temple. In the main hall there is a statue of the medicine Buddha Bhaisajyaguru (Japanese Yakushi nyorai).
In front of the main hall there is a rock garden with 15 boulders, which are arranged in the gravel bed to the character 'light' ( hikari / kō 光 ) contained in the temple name . This is the only rock garden on Kyushu Island . In the back garden ( 一滴 海 庭 , Itteki kai tei , “one drop sea garden”), arrangements of pebbles, boulders and moss give the impression of a landscape surrounded by the sea. In contrast to the “dry landscape garden ” ( Kare-san-sui ) of other Zen temples there is a considerable number of maple trees, etc. The garden merges almost seamlessly into the wooded mountainside behind. It is one of the most attractive temple gardens in Western Japan.
See also
Web links
literature
- Kyūshū Rekishi Shiryōkan (Ed.): Chikuzen Dazaifu Kōmyō zenji . Ogōri: Kyūshū Rekishi Shiryōkan, 1995 ( 九州 歴 史 資料 館 編 『筑 前 太宰府 光明 禅寺』 小 郡: 九州 歴 史 資料 館. 九州 の 寺 社 シ リ ー ズ, 14 )
Evidence, notes
- ↑ Wuzhun Shifan (1178–1249) teacher of Enni Ben'en; Japanese name reading Bujun Shiban
- ↑ as the god of learning in neighboring gū Tenman shrine revered
- ↑ Enshin (1254-1326) was a student of the eminent Enni Ben'en ( 円 爾 弁 円 ) in the Tōfuku temple in Kyoto .
Coordinates: 33 ° 30 ′ 53.2 ″ N , 130 ° 31 ′ 15 ″ E