Taihō-ji (Matsuyama)

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Main hall
Plan of the temple (see text)

The Taihō-ji ( Japanese 大宝寺 ), also Daiho-ji read with the Go Koshōzan (古照山) and Yakuōin (薬王院) is a temple of the Buzan direction (豊山派) of Shingon Buddhism in Matsuyama ( Ehime Prefecture ). Since it is the 44th of the 88 temples on the Shikoku pilgrimage route in the traditional count , it is also called "Nakafuda" (中 札), roughly "half of the requests".

history

According to tradition, a priest came from Baekje who brought an eleven-faced Kannon and built a place of worship for her on the mountain. In the first year of Taihō (701) the brothers Myōjin Ukyō ( 明 神 右 京 ) and Hayato ( 隼 人 ) came here on the hunt, found the eleven-faced Kannon in the grass and renewed the place of worship. When Emperor Mommu heard of it, he immediately ordered the construction of a temple, which he named "Taihō-ji" after the currently valid Nengō . When Priest Kūkai passed here 120 years later in 822, he converted the temple from the Tendai direction of Buddhism to Shingon.

In 1152 the temple burned down almost completely. When Emperor Go-Shirakawa fell ill and pleadingly found healing, he had it completely rebuilt. At the time, the temple, named "Sugōsan" ( 菅 生 山 ) after the mountain in the background, was prosperous and had 48 Klausen. In the civil war years of the 16th century, the temple was destroyed by troops of the Chōsokabe , but was rebuilt with the support of the princes of Matsuyama, a wealthy branch of the Matsudaira-Hisamatsu , and became their prayer temple. In 1874 the temple burned down a third time, despite committed attempts to extinguish it.

The attachment

The temple, which is located on a hill, can be reached via a longer staircase and then has the main hall covered with tiles (本 堂, Hondō; 1) in front of you. It dates from the Kamakura period , survived various fires and is the oldest wooden building in the prefecture. Together with a shrine, the hall is registered as a national treasure of Japan . To the right of this is the simple hall dedicated to the temple founder, the Daishidō (大師 堂; 2). Behind it there is a cemetery (F) on the mountainside. There is a small octagonal pavilion, the Yumedono (夢 殿; 3), on the site. This “Hall of Dreams” refers to the famous “Hall of Dreams” that Prince Shōtoku had built at the Hōryū-ji Temple . The bell tower (鐘楼, Shōrō; 4) of the temple is also nearby.

The temple area is known for its cherry trees (姥 桜, Uba-sakura). A public park (P) with the name "Hanami-Kōen" (花 見 公園) is created to the right below the temple.

photos

  • Temple gate, far below

  • Temple bell

  • Daishidō

  • Yumedono

  • Uba cherries

  • Butsudō

literature

  • Ehime-ken kotogakko chireki komin bukai rekishi bukai (Ed.): Taiho-ji . In: Ehime-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2008, ISBN 978-4-634-24638-6 , pp. 64-66.
  • Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011, ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 33 ° 50 ′ 30.2 "  N , 132 ° 44 ′ 31.9"  E

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