Myōō-in
The Myōō-in ( Japanese 明王 院 ) is a temple of the Tendai direction of Buddhism in Fukuyama ( Hiroshima Prefecture ). It is far out of the center on the Ashida River.
history
Tradition has it that the temple's predecessor, the Jōfuku-ji ( 常 vom), was built by the priest Kūkai in 807. In the Edo period , the daimyo of Fukuyama, the Mizuno and the Abe promoted the temple.
The attachment
The main hall ( Hondō ) was, as we know from inscriptions found during the repair of the temple in 1962/1963, in the year 1321, i.e. towards the end of the Kamakura period . It is essentially built in the Japanese style, but also has features of the Daibutsu and Zen styles. It is a rare exception for a temple this time. Together with the main hall and the treasure pagoda of Jōdo-ji in Onomichi , this temple is one of the oldest structures on the inland sea and is registered as a national treasure.
The five-story pagoda ( 五 重 塔 , Gojū-no-tō ) was built in 1338. It is exemplary of the Japanese style of the time of the separate imperial courts and is also registered as a national treasure. On the ground floor there is a Dainichi-nyorai (actually Saint Miroku ), flanked by the Saints Fudō-myōō and Aizen-myōō . The group is surrounded by the Shitennō columns. You can also see pictures of the eight founding fathers of Shingon .
Treasures of the temple
A standing eleven-headed Kannon from the early Heian period , i.e. from the time the temple was founded, is venerated in the main hall . It is registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan , but is not visible to the general public in the.
literature
- Hiroshima-ken no rekishisampo henshu iinkai (Ed.): Myoo-in . In: Hiroshima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24634-8 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 28 ′ 43.4 " N , 133 ° 20 ′ 45.5" E