Okoromo-dera
The Okoromo-dera ( Japanese 御 衣 寺 ), also called Hōki-in ( 寶 龜 院 ), is a temple of the Kōyasan branch ( 高 野山 派 ) of the Shingon direction of Buddhism on the Kōya-san in the Wakayama prefecture . It is the 6th temple of the New Saigoku Pilgrimage .
history
The Okoromo-dera is located in the temple city that Priest Kūkai created as part of the Shingon direction of Buddhism. In the 21st year of Engi (921), 86 years after Kūkai's death, he appeared to the Emperor Daigo that night and said "In my hut on the Kōyasan, the sleeves rot under the moss when the moon rises." He looked wildly Unkempt hair and soiled clothing. The emperor then gave Kūkai the honorary name "Kōbō daishi" ( 弘法 大師 ) and ordered that every year on March 21, the anniversary of Kūkai's death, clothes should be washed here and then his burial place changed.
The attachment
If you step in through the temple gate ( 山門Sanmon ), you can see a pavilion on the left, which contains the well that priest Kangen ( 観 賢 ; 854–925) is said to have dug. The fountain is used to wash the garments of Kōbō Daishi.
The temple has a guest house where pilgrims can stay overnight.
Treasures of the temple
The main cult figure is an eleven-faced Kannon ( 十 一面 観 音像 Jūichimen Kannon-zū ). The temple also has a sculpture of the Benzaiten ( 弁 才 天 像 ). Both sculptures that Kūkai is said to have made are registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 12 ′ 41.3 " N , 135 ° 34 ′ 41.8" E