Shozan-ji

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Main hall
Plan of the temple (see text)

The Shōzan-ji ( Japanese 焼 山寺 ) with the mountain name Marosan ( 摩盧 山 ) and the sub-temple name Shōju-in ( 正 寿 院 ) in Kamiyama ( Tokushima Prefecture ) is a temple of the Kōyasan direction ( 高 野山 派 Kōyasan-ha ) of the Shingon -Buddhism. It is located halfway up on the east side of the 938 m high Shōzanji Mountain and is framed by several hundred years, giant cedars surrounding it. In the traditional count it is the 12th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .

history

The temple was created by En no Ozune ( 役 小 角 ) in the 7th century. In the year 814, priest Kūkai came here on his hike through Shikoku and carved the holy Kokūzō ( 虚空 蔵 菩薩 -bosatsu ) for the temple, which was then venerated there.

The attachment

You enter the temple area in the east through the temple gate, which is executed here as a "Niō gate" ( 仁王 門 Niō-mon ), with the two temple guards ( Niō ) to the right and left of the passage. On the right, in front of the temple, it goes steeply down to the level, on the left a row of temple buildings follow, until the main hall ( 本 堂 Hondō ; 1) is reached. Behind it is the hall that is dedicated to the temple founder, the Daishidō ( 大師 堂 , 2), here as usual with a square floor plan. At the end there is the small Jūnisha shrine ( 十二 社 神社 -jinja ; 3), which is dedicated to the 12 mountain spirits. The temple bell ( 梵 鐘 Bonshō ) was donated according to the inscription by the 2nd Prince ( Daimyō ) of Tokushima, Hachisuka Tadateru ( 蜂 須 賀 忠 英 ; 1611-1652) in 1649.

A special feature is the small stone pagoda (4) in the style of a treasure pagoda ( 多 宝塔 Tahōtō ), which can be seen fenced in on the square in front of the main hall.

Treasures

The temple has numerous treasures, including a wooden sculpture of Kūkai that was colored in 1400. There are also writings such as that of the temple in five volumes, written between 1325 and 1357, and other writings such as the sculpture mentioned as a cultural asset of the prefecture.

photos

  • Temple gate

  • Temple bell

  • Daishidō

  • Treasure pagoda made of stone

  • Jūnisha Shrine

literature

  • Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Shozan-ji . In: Tokushima-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24636-2 . page
  • Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011. ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .

Web links

Commons : Shōzan-ji  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ There are more than a dozen such Jūnisha shrines across Japan.

Coordinates: 33 ° 59 ′ 6.1 ″  N , 134 ° 18 ′ 36.9 ″  E

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