Nakayama-dera

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Main hall
Plan of the temple (see text)

The Nakayama-dera ( Japanese 中 山寺 ), with the mountain name Shiun-san ( 紫雲山 ) is a temple of the Nakayama branch of the Shingon direction of Buddhism. The temple is located in the Nakayamadera district of the same name in the city of Takarazuka in Hyogo Prefecture , Japan. It is the 24th temple on the Saigoku pilgrimage route in traditional counting .

history

According to tradition, the temple was built by Prince Shōtoku , in the vicinity of today's Oku-no-in ( 奥 の 院 ). During the Jūei era (1182-1184), the temple suffered war damage, during the clashes with the daimyō Araki Murashige (1578-1579) it burned down completely. The current temple was built on the instructions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi by the general Katagiri Katsumoto ( 片 auf 且 元 ; 1556-1615).

The attachment

You enter the extensive temple complex through the "Great Gate" ( 大門 Daimon ) at the foot of the slope. It was built in 1646 as a two-story gate ( 二 重 門 Nijū-mon ) and registered as a cultural asset of the prefecture. Then you climb up the path between the sub-temples - left Sōji-in ( 総 持 院 ), Hōzō-in ( 宝 蔵 院 ), Kannon-in ( 観 音 院 ), right Kesō-in ( 華 蔵 院 ) and Seijū-in ( 成就 ) - and a short flight of stairs leads to the actual temple area. To the left is the bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 1 in the plan), in front of which you can reach the main hall ( 堂Hondō ; 2) via a long staircase from which you can see the "Goma Hall" ( 護 摩 堂 Goma-dō ; 6 ) .

Behind the main hall a small staircase leads to the "five-story pagoda" ( 五 重 塔 Gojū-no-tō ; 3) and to the hall, which is dedicated to the temple founder, to the Daishi-dō ( 大師 堂 ; 4). Further to the left rises the great treasure pagoda, here called "Pagoda of the Great Request" ( 大 願 塔 Daigan-tō ; 6). Behind her there is a small shrine , the Chinju-sha ( 鎮守 社 ; 8), a shrine dedicated to the patron god of the holy place. Below the pagoda is the “ Amida Hall” ( 阿 弥陀 堂 ; 7).

A special feature on the temple grounds between the " pilgrims ' house" ( 信徒 会館Shinto kaikan ; 9) and the main hall is the Hakuchōzuka- Kofun ( 白鳥 塚 古墳 ) which is registered as a historical property of the prefecture. A side entrance leads into the burial chamber, which is extremely large with a length of 15.2. In the entrance area there is a house-shaped "stone ark" ( 石 の 櫃 Ishi no Karato ).

In the west of the temple complex, a large plum tree grove ( 梅林 Bairin ; P) adjoins the temple. Further to the west, about 50 minutes' walk away, you will find the red Oku-no-in, the "rear temple building" in the mountains. An extensive cemetery (F) adjoins it in the southwest.

Temple treasures

The main cult figure in the main hall, an eleven-faced Kannon ( 木造 千手 観 音 菩薩 立 像 Mokuzō senju Kannon bosatsu ritsuzō ) from the middle Heian period , is registered as an important cultural asset of Japan . The flanking eleven-faced Kannon sculptures are assigned to the Unkei school of the Kamakura period and are registered as a cultural asset of the prefecture.

In the two-story pilgrim house, further sculptures can be seen in an exhibition room, including a seated Yakushi Nyorai ( 木造 薬 師 如 来 坐像 Mokuzō Yakushi nyorai zazō ) and a seated Dainichi Nyorai ( 木造 大 日 如 来 坐像 Mokuzō Dainichi nyorai zazō ) from the time of Heianichi-nyorai a seated Prince Shōtoku ( 木造 聖 太子 徳 坐像 Mokuzō Shōtoku taishi zazō ) from the Momoyama period . All three wooden sculptures are important cultural assets of Japan. The room is open to visitors in spring and autumn.

photos

  • Temple gate

  • Bell tower

  • Amida-do

  • Treasure pagoda

  • pagoda

  • Taishi-do

  • Gama-do

  • Oku-no-in

Remarks

  1. ↑ Araki Murashige ( 荒木 村 重 ; 1535–1586) was accused by Akechi Mitsuhide of supporting the Mōri clan . He then withdrew to his castle Itami ( 伊丹 城 Itami-jō ). The castle was besieged, but he escaped during the conquest, renounced the world and became one of the "Ten Disciples of Sen no Rikyu ".

literature

  • Hyōgo-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (Ed.): Nakayama-dera . In: Hyogo-ken no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2012. ISBN 978-4-634-24628-7 . Pp. 138, 139.

Web links

Commons : Nakayamadera  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 34 ° 49 ′ 18 ″  N , 135 ° 22 ′ 3.6 ″  E