Kaijūsen-ji
The Kaijūsen-ji ( Japanese 海 住 山寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in the mountains on the northern edge of the city of Kizugawa , Kyoto Prefecture . The temple belongs to the Shingon direction of Buddhism.
history
According to tradition, the temple was built in 735 at the instigation of Emperor Shōmu as a repository for an eleven-headed Kannon by the sculptor Raben ( 良 弁 ; 689-774) and called Kannon-ji. This temple burned down in 1137, then lay fallow for a while until it was rebuilt in 1208 by the priest Jōkei ( 貞 慶 ; 1155-1213) and was now called Fudaraku-san Kaijūsen-ji ( 補 陀 洛山海 住 山寺 ).
Later, the student of Jōkeis, priest Jishin Kakushin ( 磁心 覚 心 ), improved the temple complex and created 58 sub-temples. But Toyotomi Hideyoshi lowered the temple's income, and its decline began.
The attachment
On the temple area of 10,000 Tsubo (approx. 33,000 m²) there is a five-story pagoda, which has been designated a national treasure. It was built by Kakushin in 1214 in memory of Jōkei, who had died a year earlier. Emperor Go-Toba made the necessary funds available. Although the pagoda is only 17.7 m high, it is particularly valuable as the only surviving pagoda from the Kamakura period . The roofs are covered with tiles, whereby during the restoration in 1963 the originally additional roof circulation was restored under the lower roof. Inside are the four kings of heaven made of wood ( important cultural asset - ◎ ).
The little Monju-dō ( 文殊 堂 ; ◎) comes from the early Kamakura period. The hall is 7.28 m wide and 4.25 m deep, has a hipped roof that is covered with copper sheet. Inside there is a seated Amida Buddha made of wood from the Heian period and a Monju-bosatsu ( 文殊 菩薩 ).
The current main hall ( 本 堂 , hondō) dates from the Meiji period . An eleven-headed Kannon (◎) is venerated in it. It is 169.9 cm high and dates from the middle Heian period. In the main hall was another eleven-headed Kannon from the Heian period (◎), which was given to the Nara National Museum .
In front of the Monju-do there is a tub-shaped stone with the year 正 嘉 二 (Shoka-ni = 1258), in which the monks took a cold bath. At the back of the temple are statues of Jōkei and Jishin Kakushin. The graves of the two priests are located 100 m south of the main hall.
Temple treasures
The temple's treasures include a colored Hokke Sutra Madala ( 絹本 著色 法 華 曼荼羅 図 Kempon choshoku hokke mandara-zu ; ◎), 16 volumes of temple scriptures ( 海 住 山寺 文書 Kaiyūsen-ji bunsho ; ◎) from the Kamakura and Muromachi Time , a colored mandala with three Buddhas and 16 rakan from the Namboku period, a bell with the date 正 嘉 元 (Shoka-gan = 1257), two temple signs ( 扁額 , hengaku) from the Kamakura period and more.
literature
- Hamashima, Masaji. Kaijūsen-ji . In: Joruri-ji, Gansen-ji, Kaijūsen-ji . Yamato no furudera 7. Iwanami Shoten, 1981.
Web links
- Side of the temple (japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Yamamoto, Jirō: Kaijūsen-ji . In: Kyoto-fu no rekishi sampo (ge) . Yamakawa Shuppan, 1999, ISBN 978-4-634-29660-2 .
Coordinates: 34 ° 46 ′ 37 ″ N , 135 ° 51 ′ 42 ″ E