Kiyomizu-dera (Katō)

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Main hall
Plan of the temple (see text)

The Kiyomizu-dera ( Japanese 清水寺 ) with the mountain name Ontake-san ( 御 嶽山 ) in the city of Katō ( Hyōgo prefecture ) is a temple of the Tendai direction of Buddhism. It is the 24th temple of the Saigoku pilgrimage route in the traditional counting and is located at an altitude of 500 m in the mountains. To distinguish it from the 16th temple of the Saigoku pilgrimage route, the Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto , it is also called Banshū Kiyomizu-dera .

history

According to tradition, the temple was founded at the request of Empress Suiko in 627 by priest Hōdō , who carved an eleven-faced Kannon using the Ittō Sanrei method . In 1913 the temple burned down, in 1917 it was largely restored. The treasure pagoda ( 多 宝塔 Tahōtō ) at the height behind the main hall was not rebuilt.

The attachment

Coming from the east you pass the red temple gate ( 山門 Sanmon ), which is designed here as a tower gate with the two temple guards to the right and left of the passage, i.e. as a Niō gate ( 仁王 門 Niō-mom ). You climb up to the temple area and then first meet the Yakushi Hall ( 薬 師 堂 Yakushi-dō ; 1 on the map) on the left side of the path. Then you can see a water basin on the left, Hōjō-ike ( 放生池 'Pond of Release' ; 2). Behind it rises the large, pyramid-roofed Great Teaching Hall ( 大 講堂 Daikōdō ; 3). On the right side a long staircase leads up to the main hall, halfway up the height of the Jizō pavilion ( 地 蔵 堂 Jizō-dō ; 4) and on a landing on the left the bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 6). Above is the main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō ; 5), which is called Konpon-chūdō ( 根本 中堂 ) here .

The abbot and monk's quarters (A) extend behind the large teaching hall. there is also a guest house for pilgrims (G).

Temple treasures

A set of three large swords ( 大刀 三口Daitō sankō ) from the Heian period and the Hokke Sutra in large letters, fifth volume ( 大字 法 華 経 巻 第五Daiji Hokke-kyō maki daigo ) are registered as an important cultural asset of Japan .

The compos-chūdō, the daikōdō, the bell tower, the abbot's quarters and the guest house are registered as material cultural assets ( 有形 文化 財Yūkei bunkazai ) of Japan.

photos

  • Niō Gate

  • Yakushi-do

  • Dai kōdō

  • Stairs to the main hall

  • Bell tower

  • Abbot quarters

Remarks

  1. ↑ Banshū ( 播 州 ) is the Sino-Japanese name of the ancient Harima province , in which the temple is located.
  2. ↑ Ittō Sanrei ( 一刀 三 礼 ) means: "three prayers after each cut with the carving knife".
  3. ↑ The best-known example of a Konpon-chūdō is on Enryaku-ji .

literature

  • Hyōgo-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Kiyomizu-dera . In: Hyogo-ken no rekishi sampo (ge). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2012. ISBN 978-4-634-24828-1 . P. 60.

Web links

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Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′ 23.5 "  N , 135 ° 4 ′ 54.5"  E