Mimuroto-ji

Main hall

Plan of the temple (see text)

The Mimuroto-ji ( Japanese 三室戸寺 ) with the mountain name Myōsei-san ( 明星山 ) is a special temple of the Honzan Shugen-shū, which combines the Tendai direction of Buddhism with the Bergasket practices of Shugendō . The temple is located in Uji ( Kyoto Prefecture ), Japan and is the 10th temple on the Saigoku Pilgrimage Route by traditional counting .

history

According to tradition , a place of prayer was built during the Hōki era (770-781) for a thousand-armed Kannon that was found in the upper reaches of the Shizu River ( 志津川 -gawa ). The temple is said to have been moved to its current location later. After a decline, the temple was rebuilt by Priest Ryūmei ( 隆明 ; 1019-1104) from Onjō-ji in 1099 and became the 10th station of the Saigoku pilgrimage.

The attachment

You enter the temple complex at the foot of the hill through the temple gate ( 総門 Sōmon ) and cross a park-like complex with flower beds and a rock garden. Then you climb a long staircase to the inner complex, which is framed by the rock walls of Mount Myōsei (Myōsei-san; brown in the plan).

The current main hall ( 本堂 Hondō ; 1 in plan) was completed in 1814. The "Amida Hall" ( 阿弥陀堂 Amida-dō ; 2) dates from 1714, the bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 3) is from 1689. The three-story pagoda ( 三重塔 Sanjū-no-tō ; 4) was built by the Kōzō -ji ( 高蔵寺 ) in Hyōgo Prefecture moved here in 1704.

The independent shrine Jūhachi main shrine ( 十八神社本殿 Jūhachi-jinja honden ) from 1487 is designed in the style of a "three- fathom shrine" ( 三間社流造 Sangen sharyū-zukuri ). It is registered as an Important Cultural Asset of Japan .

To the west of the upper temple area is the abbot and monk's quarters (A).

Temple treasures

In the treasure house of the temple are u. a. to see:

The standing Shaka Nyorai ( 木造釈迦如来立像 Mokuzō Shaka Nyorai ritsuzō ) made of wood comes from the late Heian period . It is the oldest existing copy in the style of Seiryū-ji in Kyoto ,
the seated Amida Nyorai made of wood with two companions ( 木造阿弥陀如来及び両脇侍坐像 Mokuzō Amida Nyorai oyobi ryōkyōji zazō ) and
made of wood, holy Bishamon ( 毘沙門天立像 Bishamon-ten ritsuzō ).