Satake-ji
The Satake-ji ( Japanese 佐 竹 寺 ) with the mountain name Myōfuku-san ( 妙 福山 ) and the sub-temple name Myōon-in ( 明 音 院 ) is a temple of the Buzan branch ( 豊 山 派 Buzan-ha ) of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in Hitachi-Ōta ( Ibaraki ), Japan. In the traditional count, it is the 22nd of the 33 temples in the Kantō region .
history
According to tradition, the temple was founded in the 1st year of Kanna ( 寛 和 元年 Kanna gennen ), 985, at the request of Emperor Kazan by priest Gemmitsu ( 元 密 ). Originally, the temple was known as the " Kannon Temple " ( 観 音 寺 Kannon-ji ) further north from the Tsurugaike pond ( 鶴 ヶ 池 ) on the Dōsaki hill ( 洞 崎 峰 ). The 6th head of the Satake clan , Satake Nagayoshi ( 佐 竹 長 義 ), supported the temple from 1269, which was then called "Satake-ji".
In 1553 the temple burned down completely, after which the 18th chief, Satake Yoshiaki ( 佐 竹 義 昭 ), had it moved to its current location. An eleven-faced Kannon, also known as “Kannon facing north” ( 北 向 観 音 Kitamuki Kannon ), is venerated .
The attachment
You enter the temple through a large temple gate ( 山門 Sammon ; 1 in the plan), which is here in the form of a tower gate as a Niō gate ( 仁王 門 Niō-mon ), i.e. as a gate with the two temple guards ( Niō ) to the right and left of the passage is. The main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō ; 2) has a hipped roof and is covered with reeds ( 茅 葺 Kayabuki ). The entrance is vaulted in the "Chinese style" ( 唐 破 風 Karahafu ). Tokugawa Mitsukuni had the building restored, which is typical of the Momoyama period with its Katō-style windows and the execution of the capitals . The main hall is registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan .
In the abbot and monk's quarters (A) there is no pond, in the northwestern part there is a cemetery (F).
literature
- Ibaraki-ken shiiki-shi kenkyukai (Ed.): Satake-ji . In: Ibaraki-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2006. ISBN 978-4-634-24608-9 . Pp. 197, 198.
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Coordinates: 36 ° 31 '33.7 " N , 140 ° 30' 16.8" E