Shokoku-ji (Zama)

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The Shōkoku-ji ( Japanese 星 谷 寺 ), with the mountain name Myōhō-san ( 妙法 山 ) and the sub-temple name Jihō-in ( 持 宝 院 ) is a temple of the Daikaku branch ( 大 覚 寺 派 Daikaku-ha ) of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in Zama ( Kanagawa Prefecture ), Japan. The temple is also simply called Hoshi no Tani Kannon ( 星 の 谷 観 音 ' Kannon [-Temple] of the Valley of the Stars' ). In the traditional census it is the 8th of the 33 temples in the Kantō region .

history

Gyōgi priest is said to have founded the temple during the Tempyō era (729-749). The temple used to be about 400 meters to the northeast, but after it burned down there, it was moved to its current location in 1749.

The attachment

You enter the temple complex from the south and come to the two temple guards ( 仁 王尊 Niō-son ; 1 on the map) on the right and left of the path. Immediately to the left is the modern, white-painted bell tower ( 鐘楼 Shōrō ; 2). It houses a bell ( 梵 鐘 Bonshō ), which according to the inscription dates from 1227. On it is the name Ōdanna Minamoto Ason no Nobutsuna ( 大 檀那 源 朝臣 信 綱 ). That nobutsuna lost his samurai status in 1159 , he was a grandson of Sasaki Hideyoshi ( 佐 々 木 秀 儀 ), who worked for the landowner of Shibuya, Shibuya Shigekuni ( 渋 谷 重 国 ) for 20 years . The bell is an important example of the style of the Heian period , but its style also indicates the coming Kamakura period . It has no “knobs” ( 撞 座 tsugiki ), which is very unusual. The founder of the bell was Minamoto no Yoshikuni ( 源 吉 国 ), it is the oldest bell in the prefecture. The bell is registered as an important cultural asset of Japan .

On the way to the main hall you pass a mighty stone slab on the left (S) and behind it an equally mighty ginkgo tree (G). On the right side of the site is a stone pagoda (3) designed as Hōkyōintō ( 宝 篋 印 塔 ).

The main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō ; 4) has a pyramid roof . To the west is the spacious abbot and monk area (A).

literature

  • Kanagawa-ken kotogakko Kyoka kenkyukai shakaika bukai rekishi bunkakai (Ed.): Shokoku-ji . In: Kanagawa-ken no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2005. ISBN 978-4-634-24614-0 . Pp. 158, 159.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ōdanna ( 大 檀那 ) was the name for a family that was responsible for a temple.

Coordinates: 35 ° 29 ′ 5.6 ″  N , 139 ° 23 ′ 56 ″  E