Matsunoo-dera
The Matsunoo-dera ( Japanese 松尾 寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Maizuru , Kyoto Prefecture in Japan . The temple is associated with the Shingon-shu belief . The main portrait of the temple is a statue of the horse-headed Batō- Kannon . The Matsunoo-dera is the 29th temple of the Saigoku pilgrimage route ( 西 国 三十 三 箇 所 , Saigoku sanjūsankasho ).
overview
There are only legendary stories about the early days of Matsunoo-dera. According to this, the temple is said to have been founded by the Chinese hermit Ikō in 708. The foundation is associated with the conversion of Empress Genmei by Ikō. The location of the temple near the summit of Mount Aoba and the indication of a hermit as founders create a relationship to the mountain worship by the Shugendō close -Glaubensrichtung.
Tenno Toba was an avid pilgrim to Matsunoo-dera. In 1119 he had several prayer halls and priests' quarters built. At that time, the temple housed more than 600 monks. The temple grounds were completely destroyed by Oda Nobunaga's troops and rebuilt in 1581 by Hosokawa Yusai . In the following years, the Matsunoo-dera was mainly promoted by the Kyōgoku family. Today's main hall dates from 1730.
A scroll painting of the Bodhisattva Fugen Enmei ( 普賢 延命 像 ) owned by the Matsunoo-dera is classified as a national cultural treasure of Japan . With scrolls of the Lotus Sutra and the Kujaku Myōō ( 孔雀 明王 像 ) from the Kamakura period , the temple has other important cultural assets of Japan.
literature
- Patricia Frame Rugola: The Saikoku Kannon Pilgrimage Route. Dissertation, Ohio State University, 1986.
- Valeria Jana Schwanitz and August Wierling: Saigoku. On the way in Japan's western lands. Manpuku-Verlag, Potsdam 2012, ISBN 978-3-9815168-0-7 .
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
Coordinates: 35 ° 29 ′ 50.7 " N , 135 ° 28 ′ 9.8" E