Konzō-ji (Zentsūji)
The Konzō-ji ( Japanese 金 倉 寺 , also written 金 蔵 寺 at the same reading) with the Go Keizokuzan (鶏 足 山) and Hōdōin (宝 幢 院) is a temple in the Konzōji district of Zentsūji ( Kagawa Prefecture ), belonging to the Jimon branch (寺 門派) belongs to the Tendai direction of Buddhism. In the traditional count, it is the 76th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .
history
The Konzōji is the home of the nephew of the priest Kukai , namely of priest Enchin ( 円 珍 ; 814-891). This came from Wake Dōzen ( 和 気 道 善 ), who built the temple in the 5th year of Hōki (774), i.e. in the year Kūkai was born. When Dōzen became abbot of the temple in 851, the temple was named Dōzen-ji. When Enchin returned from his stay in China, he carved a figure of Yakushi Nyorai, the healing Buddha who was then worshiped in the temple. In 928, the temple was renamed Konzōji on the instructions of Emperor Daigo and thus adapted to the usual name of the area.
From the Kamakura period , the temple was repeatedly ravaged by fires and at times belonged to the Shingon direction of Buddhism. At the beginning of the Edo period , priest Tenkai ( 天 海 ; 1536–1643) rebuilt the temple, who returned to Tendai in 1651.
General Nogi resided in the temple for two and a half years from 1898, which was located midway between his military camp in Marugame and the headquarters on Shikoku . The temple keeps his military cap and letters from his wife. Every year on the 1st weekend in September the “Nogi Festival” (Nogi Matsuri) is celebrated with dances.
investment
The temple gate in the south is designed as a Niō gate (仁王 門; 1), with the sculptures of the temple guards on the right and left. If you go further, you can see the bell tower (鐘楼, Shōrō; 2) on the left. The main hall rises up ahead (本 ō, Hondō; 3). The abbot and monk's quarters adjoin the main hall on the right.
On the left side of the temple area is the hall dedicated to the temple founders (here Kūkai and Enchin), the large-scale Daishidō (大師 堂; 4). It is flanked on the north side by the Kannon- do (観 音 堂; 5) and the Karitei- do (訶 梨 帝 堂; 6). There the Kishimojin (鬼子母 神) is venerated, who helps to ease birth and protects children.
Treasures
The temple treasures include a hanging scroll with a picture of the enchin (絹本 著色 智 証 大師 図), who was posthumously called "Chishō daishi" (智 証 大師). It comes from the Kamakura period and is registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan .
photos
Temple gate
Bell tower
Daishidō
Daishidō,
Kannondō and Kariteidō on the right
Kannondō and Kariteidō
Enchin
literature
- Kagawa-ken no rekishisampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Konzō-ji . In: Kagawa-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2013. ISBN 978-4-634-24637-9 . Pages 163 to 164.
- Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 15 ′ 0.3 " N , 133 ° 46 ′ 51.7" E