Manganese-ji (Tochigi)

Main hall

The manganese-ji ( Japanese 満願寺 ), also Izuru Kannon ( 出流観音 called), the mountain name Izuru-san ( 出流山 ) is a temple of Shūchisan branch ( 宗智山派 Shūchisan-ha ) of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in the mountains in the Izuru-machi district on the northeastern edge of the city of Tochigi , Japan. In the traditional census it is the 17th of the 33 temples in the Kantō region .

history

According to tradition, the temple was created in the 3rd year Tempyō-Jingo (767) by priest Shōdō ( 勝道 ). He was once visited by the traveling priests ( 修験者 shugensha ) of Nikkō . In 1609, Minagawa Hiroteru, who had been deposed, withdrew there. Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu supplied the temple with 50 koku .

The attachment

You enter the temple complex through the large temple gate ( 山門 Sammon ), which is designed here as a tower gate in the style of a Niō gate ( 仁王門 Niō-mon ), i.e. as a gate with the two temple guards to the right and left of the passage. The gate was built in 1735 and is registered as a cultural asset of the city of Tochigi. The main hall ( 本堂 Hondō ) above, also called Ōmidō ( 大御堂 ) here , dates from 1764. It is registered as a cultural asset of the prefecture.

The temple includes the Oku-no-in ( 奥の院 ), a more than 4 m high narrow building that was built up in the mountains in front of a rock wall. It is built on a steep slope over long support pillars. On the way to the Oku-no-in you pass the Daihi ( 大悲 'Great Mercy' ) waterfall, from where you can get to the Oku-no-in via a staircase with more than a hundred steps.

The temple includes a bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ), an abbot and monk's quarters, a guest house and other buildings.

photos

Temple gate
Oku-no-in
Daihi waterfall

Remarks

↑ Minagawa Hiroteru ( 皆川広照 ; 1558-1628) was a general and daimyo who ruled over large areas in the northern area of the Kanto plain. He was deposed by the shogunate in a family dispute.

literature

Tochigi-ken no rekishi sampo henshū iinkai (ed.): Mangan-ji . In: Tochigi-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2008. ISBN 978-4-634-24609-6 . Pp. 217, 218.

Web links

Commons : Mangan-ji - collection of images, videos and audio files

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[1] Minagawa Hiroteru ( 皆川広照 ; 1558-1628) was a general and daimyo who ruled over large areas in the northern area of the Kanto plain. He was deposed by the shogunate in a family dispute.