Tachibana-dera

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Main hall
Plan of the temple (see text)

The Tachibana-dera ( Japanese 橘 寺 ), correctly Jōgūō-in Bodaiji (上 宮 王 院 菩提 寺), is a temple of the Tendai direction of Buddhism in Asuka (明日香 村), Takaichi County (高市 郡) in Nara Prefecture . It is the 10th temple on the New Saigoku Pilgrimage Route .

history

In 572, Emperor Kimmei left his secondary residence Tachibana no Miya (橘 の 宮) to his 4th son Tachibana no Toyohinokoto (橘 豊 日 命), the later Emperor Yōmei and his wife Anaho no Hashihito no himimiko (穴 穂 部 間 人 皇 女). That then became the birthplace of Prince Shotoku .

Later the residence was converted into a temple. In 1506 the temple suffered great devastation from the monks' army from Mount Tō-no-mine (多 武 峰), the current temple complex dates mostly from the years after 1864.

The attachment

If you enter the temple through the east gate (東門, Higashi-mon; in plan 1), you have straight ahead in front of you the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 2), also called Taishi hall (太子 堂) here. In the north are the abbot and monk's quarters (A) and the Kannon Hall (観 音 堂, Kannon-dō; 3). South of the way to the main hall is the sutras hall (経 堂, Kyōdō; 5), there are traces of the pagoda (塔 跡, Tō-ato; S), the bell tower (鐘楼, Shōrō; 6) and the lotus hill (蓮華 塚, Renge zuka).

In the far south is the sub-temple Ōjō-in (往生 院; 7) and the storage building (収 蔵 庫, Shūzōko; 8).

photos

  • Kannon Hall

  • Bell tower

  • Sutras Pavilion

  • Lotus hill

Temple treasures

The main cult image is the portrayal of Prince Shōtoku, 35 years old, while reciting the Shōman Sutra (勝 鬘 経). The picture is registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan .

literature

  • Nara-ken kotogakko-kyoka token kenkyu-kyokai rekishi bukai (Ed.): Tachibana-dera . In: Nara-ken no rekishi sampo (ge). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2010. ISBN 978-4-634-24829-8 .

Web links

Commons : Tachibanadera  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 34 ° 28 ′ 12 ″  N , 135 ° 49 ′ 5 ″  E