Kiyotaki-ji (Tsuchiura)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Main hall
Temple gate
Plan of the temple (see text)

The Kiyotaki-ji ( Japanese 清 瀧 寺 ), also called Kiyotaki Kannon ( 清 滝 観 音 ), with the mountain name Nammyō-san ( 南明 山 ) and the sub-temple name Jigan-in ( 慈 眼 院 ), is a temple of the Buzan branch ( 豊 山 派) Buzan-ha ) of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in the mountains on the northern edge of Tsuchiura ( Ibaraki Prefecture ), Japan. In the traditional census it is the 26th of the 33 temples in the Kantō region .

history

According to tradition, the temple was founded by priest Gyōki in 607. Priest Tokuitsu ( 徳 一 法師 - hōshi ; died 843) renovated the temple in 807.

The attachment

You climb up to the temple area and pass the mighty temple gate ( 山門 Sammon ; 1 in the plan), which is here in the form of a tower gate as a Niō gate ( 仁王 門 Niō-mon ), i.e. as a gate with the two temple guards ( Niō ) on the right and left is carried out by the passage. You climb a staircase to the level of the temple complex and then you have the main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō , 2) in front of you, which has a pyramid roof . One of the few other buildings is the bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 3).

Further down is the abbot and monk's quarters (A).

literature

  • Ibaraki-ken shiiki-shi kenkyukai (Ed.): Kiyotaki-ji . In: Ibaraki-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2006. ISBN 978-4-634-24608-9 . P. 90.

Web links

Coordinates: 36 ° 9 '54.7 "  N , 140 ° 10' 2.5"  E