Manju-ji (Kyoto)

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Entrance as a bell tower
Plan of the temple (see text)
Guest house

The Manju-ji ( Japanese 萬壽寺 ) is a temple of the Rinzai direction of Buddhism in Kyoto . It is the 5th and lowest temple of the Five (Zen) Temples of Kyōto (京都 五 山, Kyōto gozan) and is now a sub-temple (塔 頭, Tachū) of Tōfuku-ji . The temple is not open to the public.

history

The Manju-ji was built by Emperor Shirakawa in memory of his wife Ikuhōmonin (郁芳 門 院) in the 1st year of Eichō (1096) as "Rokujō-Midō" (六条 御堂). In the Kamakura period , the temple passed from the Jōdō direction of Buddhism to the Rinzai direction and changed its name to the current one.

In 1330 the temple was relocated south of what is now Manjuji Street. During the Muromachi period he was included in the group of the "Five Zen Temples" as fifth. In 1434 the temple burned down. He was then moved to the north side of the Tōfuku-ji, next to the Sanshō-ji (三聖 寺).

1973 the Manju-ji united with the Sanshō-ji under the name Manju-ji. In 1886 the temple became a branch temple of Tofuku-ji.

The attachment

The temple is surrounded by houses (gray on the map) to the north and west. The simple complex is entered through the temple gate (山門, Sammon; in plan 1), which is also designed here as a bell tower (鐘楼). The building dates from the Muromachi period and is registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan . To the left is the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 2), ahead you can see the guest house (客 殿; 3), which is registered as a cultural asset of the prefecture.

Treasures of the temple

Registered as an important cultural asset of Japan:

  • a picture scroll (silk) with the depiction of Enni Ben'en (絹本 著色 聖 一 国 師 像, Kenpon chakushoku Shō-ichi kokushi-zō), entrusted to the Kyōto National Museum ,
  • a picture scroll (silk) depicting the eight types of lamentation for the departed Siddharta (絹本 著色 八 相 涅槃 図, Kenpon chakushoku Hassō nehan-zu),
  • a picture scroll (silk) with Shakamuni and two companions, executed in lightly colored black (絹本 墨 画 淡彩 釈 迦 三尊 図, Kenpon chakushoku bokuga tansai Shaka sanzon zu), entrusted to the Kyōto National Museum,
  • a very large seated Amida , 281.8 cm high made of wood, from the late Heian period (木造 阿 弥陀 如 来 坐像, Mokuzō Amida nyorai zazō). This sculpture was entrusted to Kyōto National Museum in the Meiji period , is now in the treasury of Tōfuku-ji and is not open to the public there,
  • Two wooden temple guards (木造 金剛 二 力士 立 像, Mokuzō Kongō ni-rikishi tatsuzō) from the Sanshō-ji, also in the treasury of the Tōfuku-ji and not open to the public there.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The others are Nanzen-ji out of sequence, 1.  Tenryū-ji , 2.  Shōkoku-ji , 3.  Kennin-ji, and 4.  Tōfuku-ji .

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Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′ 52.1 ″  N , 135 ° 46 ′ 15.9 ″  E