Tsukiji Hongan-ji
The Tsukiji Hongan-ji ( Japanese 築 地 本 願 寺 ; also outdated Tsukiji Hongwanji ) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Jōdo Shinshū sect Honganji-ha in the Tsukiji district of the Chūō-ku district in Tokyo , Japan . Mainly the Buddha Amida is venerated in it, but also Prince Shōtoku ; the seven patriarchs of Sukhavati Buddhism appointed by Shinran Shōnin , Nagarjuna , Vasubandhu ,Tanluan , Daochuo , Shandao , Genshin and Genku , as well as Shinran Shōnin himself.
Its forerunner was the Edo-Asakusa Gobō ( 江 戸 浅 草 御 坊 ), which was established at Yokoyama-chō in Asakusa, Edo (old Tokyo ) by the 12th monshu (archabbot) of the Jōdo-Shinshū, Junnyo Shōnin. In 1657 he was destroyed by a great fire. Plans to rebuild the same site were initially rejected by Bakufu (the feudal government). Instead, the temple administration was awarded a piece of land at Hatchōbori (then part of Chūō-ku), which, however, was still below sea level and therefore required land reclamation . From this came today's Tsukiji, which literally means "made land". The temple built here was called Tsukiji Gobō ( 築 地 御 坊 ). It was destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923.
Today's temple complexes were designed by Chūta Itō (1867-1954), a professor of architecture at the University of Tokyo . Itō ignored the previous design and chose an archaic Indian architectural style. The construction work lasted from 1931 to 1934.
Web links
- Official website of Tsukiji Hongan-ji - Japanese, English and Portuguese
- Extensive, private information website - English
Coordinates: 35 ° 39 ′ 59.4 ″ N , 139 ° 46 ′ 20.2 ″ E