Kasamori-ji

Main hall

The Kasamori-ji ( Japanese 笠森寺 ), also called Kasamori Kannon ( 笠森観音 ), with the mountain name Daihisan ( 大悲山 ), is a temple of the Tendai direction of Buddhism in Chōnan , Chiba Prefecture , Japan. In the traditional count it is the 31st of the 33 temples in the Kantō region .

history

The Kasamori Temple dates back to 784 when priest Saicho , the founder of the Tendai direction of Buddhism, came to the area, carved an eleven-headed Kannon and set it up for worship. The main hall was built in 1028 at the request of Emperor Go-Ichijō over a cliff. When the building was repaired in 1960, an inscription in black ink was found: the current building dates from the Momoyama period after it .

A memorial stone reminds us that the poet Matsuo Basho visited the temple in 1682 and wrote a haiku about it, such as “Under the spring rain I found this Kasamori”.

The attachment

The main hall ( 本堂 Hondō ) is registered as an important cultural asset . It is 5 ken (about 9 m) wide and 4 ken (about 8 m) deep at the front . The antechamber ( 外陣 Gejin ) is made of raw wood. the building stands on high pillars above the rock and can be reached via a long, angled staircase.

Treasures of the temple

The treasures include a copper hanging lamp decorated with plants ( 鋳銅唐草文釣燈籠 Chūdō karakusamon-tsuri tōrō ), which is registered as an important cultural asset, a copper bell ( 鋳銅鰐口Chūdō waniguchi ), a sounding stone slab ( 文鋳銅孔雀孔雀馨 Chūdō kujakumon kei ) from 1426, both cultural assets of the prefecture, and much more. The temple treasures are kept in the Central Museum of Chiba Prefecture ( 千葉県立中央博物館 Chiba kenritsu chūō hakubutsukan ).

Remarks

↑ From the series “ A Hundred Views of Famous Places in Different Provinces ” ( 諸国名所百景 Shokoku meisho hyakkei ).
↑ Samidare ni | kono Kasamori where | sashimogu sa ( 五月雨に此笠森をさしもぐさ ). Haiku, which is ascribed to basho, is not found in the standard work on Basho's haiku, "Basho Kushū" (Shincho Publishing, 1982), published by Basho specialist university professor Kon Eizō (* 1924).

literature

Chiba-ken kotogakko Kyoiku kenkyukai rekishi bukai (Ed.): Kasamori-Kannon . In: Chiba-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2006. ISBN 978-4-634-24612-6 . Pp. 237, 238.

Web links

Website of the temple, in Japanese, briefly also in English

35.399611 140.198917Coordinates: 35 ° 23 '58.6 " N , 140 ° 11' 56.1" E

[1] From the series “ A Hundred Views of Famous Places in Different Provinces ” ( 諸国名所百景 Shokoku meisho hyakkei ).

[2] Samidare ni | kono Kasamori where | sashimogu sa ( 五月雨に此笠森をさしもぐさ ). Haiku, which is ascribed to basho, is not found in the standard work on Basho's haiku, "Basho Kushū" (Shincho Publishing, 1982), published by Basho specialist university professor Kon Eizō (* 1924).