Shinchokoku-ji

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The Niō gate to the temple

The Shinchōkoku-ji ( Japanese 新 長 谷 寺 ) is a temple of the Chisan branch ( 智 山 派 , Chisan-ha ) of the Shingon direction of Buddhism in the city of Seki in Gifu Prefecture .

history

In the Jōō period (1222-1224) the priest Gonin ( 護 忍 ) was ordered in a dream on Hase-dera to build a new temple here in the province of Yamato . This then became the prayer temple of Emperor Go-Horikawa . The temple was built on the principle of the seven-building system ( 七 堂 伽藍 , Shichidō-garan ), had 8 clauses for Shingon followers and 8 clauses for followers of the Tendai direction and was thus an important temple. In 1300 the temple burned down, but was rebuilt immediately afterwards in the Kamakura period with the support of the Nikaidō , who held important positions in Bakufu .

The attachment

Main hall

At the tracks of the first port ( 大門 , Daimon or 総門 , Somon ) pass to reach the as ROMON executed NiO -Tor ( 仁王門 , NiO-mon). On the temple grounds there is the statue of Dewa no Kami ( 出 羽 守 ) Nikaidō Yukifuji ( 二階 堂 Grab 藤 ) and the grave of Musume no rishūni ( 女 の 理 秀 尼 ). - After the fire of 1457, the temple was rebuilt with the help of the Lords of Seki, the Murayama. The buildings of the temple, the main hall ( 本 堂 , Hondō ) with a width × depth of 12.94 × 14.07 m, the three-story pagoda ( 三重 塔 , Sanjū-no-tō ), the Chinju hall ( 鎮守 堂 , Chinju -dō ), Yakushi Hall ( 薬 師 師 , Yakushi-dō ), Amida Hall ( 阿 弥陀 堂 , Amida-dō), Taishi Hall ( 太子 堂 , Taishi-dō ) and the guest house ( 客 殿 , Kyakuden ), all covered with cedar bark ( 檜 皮 葺 , Hiwada-buki ), come from the Muromachi period and are registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan .

Treasures of the temple

In the main hall is the wooden statue of an eleven-headed Kannon from the Kamakura period . In the Amida Hall there is an Amida Nyorai in an altar cabinet ( 厨子 , Zushi ). Both sculptures are also registered as an important cultural asset. The Amida was made by Kaikei ( 快 慶 ; 12th century). The altar cabinet can be opened on all four sides, so it is of the Kasuga type ( 春日 形 , Kasuga-gata ). At the guest house there is a garden, the shape of which is based on the mandala of Taima-dera .

Remarks

  1. ↑ 長 谷 寺 is read for itself Hase-dera, 新 means new . Read here together as Shinchokoku-ji.

literature

  • Gifu-ken kotogakko kyoiku kenkyukai komin-chireki-bukai, chiri-bukai (Ed.): Shinchokoku-ji . In: Gifu-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2006. ISBN 978-4-634-24621-8 .

Coordinates: 35 ° 29 '6.3 "  N , 136 ° 55' 23.9"  E