Kakurin-ji (Katsuura)

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The Kakurin-ji ( Japanese 鶴 林寺 ) with the Go Ryōjusan (霊 鷲 山) and Hōjuin (宝珠 院) in Katsuura ( Tokushima Prefecture ) is a temple that belongs to Shingon Buddhism . In the traditional count, it is the 20th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .

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history

When in 798 priests Kūkai the Daiko-ji founded, he saw mountains to the north, on which her was a holy place of old. Then he was inspired to go there and build a temple. When he was there, he saw a pair of cranes flapping their wings under old Sugi to protect a small golden Jizō Bosatsu that was 3 ¼ cm tall. He saw that as a good sign and made a Jizō, which was 2 Shaku, i.e. about 90 cm tall and sunk the golden Jizō inside. So it came to the Go Ryōjusan, which means "soul eagle temple".

Priest Shinnen (真 然) II completed the temple as a classic 7-building complex (七 堂 伽藍, Shichidō-garan). The temple was supported by the imperial family and the Sengoku - daimyō families Miyoshi and Hachisuka , who ruled in the area.

investment

You enter the temple complex through the temple gate, which is designed here as a Niō gate (仁王 門; 1), i.e. as a gate that is protected on both sides by a temple guard. The two figures are said to have been made by the famous sculptor Unkei . Immediately behind the gate on the right is the "hexagonal hall" (六角 堂, Rokkakudō; 2), which dates from 1861. There six "Sand-Jizō" (御 砂 地 蔵, Osuna Jizō) are venerated, which are said to come from Kukai. If you then climb the steps on the right, you get to the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 3), which was built in 1604 and in front of which there is a crane on the right and left. The main cult figure is a standing Jizō made of wood (木造 地 蔵 菩薩 立 像, Mokuzō Jizō Bodatsu ritsuzō), which is registered as an Important Cultural Asset of Japan . This Jizō is also called "Breakwater Jizō" (波切 地 蔵, Namikiri Jizō) or "Arrow deflector Jizō" (矢 負 い 地 蔵, Yaoi Jizō) because many sufferers seek help from him.

To the right of the main hall is a three-story pagoda (三重 塔, Sanjunotō; 4), the only three-story in the prefecture. As can be learned from an inscription in the top, the bottom floor was completed in 1817, the second and third in 1818. The pagoda was completed in 1829 and is registered as a cultural asset of the prefecture. In front of the abbot area are the Daishidō (大師 堂), i.e. the hall dedicated to the temple founder, and the Gomadō (護 摩 堂).

Treasures

The temple treasures include a silk fabric depicting the Buddha, who appears to the Jizō on a pink cloud (絹本 著色 地 蔵 来 迎 図, Kempon chakushoku Jizō raigō zu) from the 13th to 14th centuries, and a silk depicting Shakas with two Companions (絹本 著色 釈 迦 三尊 図, Kempon chakushoku Shaka sanzon zu) from the beginning of the Muromachi period . The latter is registered as an Important Cultural Asset of Japan and is kept in the Kyōto National Museum.

photos

  • Kokoro-arai

  • Temple gate

  • Stairs to the main hall

  • Main hall and pagoda

Remarks

  1. ↑ Kokoro-arai (心 洗), a place for cleaning the mouth, located on the way to the temple, means here "washing the heart".

literature

  • Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (Ed.): Kakurin-ji . In: Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24636-2 . Pages 191 to 192.
  • Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .

Web links

Commons : Kakurin-ji  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 33 ° 54 ′ 49.9 "  N , 134 ° 30 ′ 20.2"  E

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