Mangan-ji (Kawanishi)

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The Mangan-ji ( Japanese 満 願 寺 ) with the mountain name Shinshū-zan (神 秀山) is a temple of the Kōyasan branch (高 野山 派) of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in Kawanishi ( Hyōgo Prefecture ). It is the 13th temple on the New Saigoku Pilgrimage Route .

history

Plan of the temple (see text)

The temple was built by priest Shōdō (勝 道上 人) in 725 at the request of the emperor Shōmu . Later the temple was promoted by Minamoto no Mitsunaka (源 満 仲; 912–997), Settsu no Kami (摂 津 守). The temple remained closely associated with the Minamoto even after that.

investment

You enter the facility at the foot of the hill through the temple gate (山門, Sanmon), which is designed here as a Niō gate (仁王 門), i.e. as a gate with the two temple guards to the right and left of the passage. The temple guards come from the temple gate of Tada-in (多 田 院) and came here as part of the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism at the beginning of the Meiji period. The gate was built in 1881 in the style of the time. When the two sculptures were restored in 1966, it was found that they date from the end of the Kamakura period .

The other buildings in the north include the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 1 in the plan) and the connected Bishamon Hall (毘 沙門 堂; 2). In the west is the three-story stone pagoda (九重 の 石塔, Kyūjū no sekitō; 3). The pagoda was built in 1293 by a lady from the Minamoto clan for her parents with the wish that they would go to paradise. Since a priest had buried the self-copied Hokke Sutra (法 華 経) under the pagoda in the Edo period , it has been called the "Hokke Pagoda" ever since. It is registered as an Important Cultural Asset of Japan . Nearby is a building for storing urns, the Shōreiden (勝 霊 殿; 4).

Somewhat lower in the east is the Kannon Hall (観 音 堂; 5) and on the western side the Jizō Pavilion (地 蔵 尊; 6) and the bell tower (鐘楼, Shōrō; 7). The Shoin garden (書院 庭園, Shoin teien; P) belongs to the abbot and monk's area (A).

There is a restaurant (R) in the middle of the site. A modern building is the Shōrinkan (勝 輪 館; 8), a meeting building. Further south there is a small park with cherry trees (K).

literature

  • Hyōgo-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Mangan-ji . In: Hyogo-ken no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2012. ISBN 978-4-634-24628-7 . P. 132.

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Coordinates: 34 ° 50 ′ 19 ″  N , 135 ° 23 ′ 36.9 ″  E