Yasaka-ji (Matsuyama)
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The Yasaka-ji ( Japanese 八 坂 寺 ) with the Go Kumanozan (熊 野山) and Myōkenin (妙 見 院) is a temple of the Kōyasan direction (高 野山 派) of Shingon Buddhism in the city of Matsuyama (Ehime Prefecture). In the traditional count, it is the 47th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage route .
history
The founder of Shugendō En no Gyōja is said to have created the first place of prayer. This makes it a temple with a history of 1,300 years. The actual temple, which was on a hill, is said to have been created by the State Plenipotentiary Ochi Tamazumi (越 智 玉 興) around the year 700 at the request of Emperor Shōmu . At that time, eight (八, Ya) hillside paths (坂 道, Sakamichi) came together there, which gave it its name.
When priest Kūkai visited this place on his pilgrimage through Shikoku in 815, he rebuilt the ruined temple. The main cult figure, a seated Amida Buddha (木造 阿 弥陀 如 来 坐像, Mokuzō Amida Nyorai zazō) made of wood, is said to have been made by priest Genshin (源 信; 942-1017). It is registered as a prefecture cultural asset, but is only shown to the public every 50 years, the next time in 2034.
The temple was destroyed during the civil war years of the Tenshō period (天正; 1573–1592), finally found a new place on the hill, on which there are already places of worship for the Shinto saint Jūnisha Gongen (十二 社 権 現) and those in the province Kii revered Kumano Daigongen (熊 野 大 権 現).
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You enter the temple complex through a narrow temple gate (山門, Sammon; 1), climb a staircase, pass the temple bell (鐘楼, Shōrō; 6) on the left and then have the main hall (本 堂, Hondō; 2) in front of you. Further to the left is the hall dedicated to the temple founder, the Daishidō (大師 堂; 3). Between the main hall and Daishidō there is the small Emmadō (焔 魔 堂, also written 閻 魔 堂; 4) and on the far right the shrine Kumano-Nijūsha Gongendō (熊 野 十二 社 権 現 堂; 5). On the edge of the area is the stone group that was erected in 2005, namely St. Fudō with two small companions (不 動 三尊).
A spacious cemetery (F) surrounds the temple in the west and north.
photos
Temple gate, above main hall
Temple gate
Daishidō
Emma Pavilion
Fudō with companions
Kumano jūnisha Gongendō
literature
- Ehime-ken kotogakko chireki komin bukai rekishi bukai (Ed.): Yasaka-ji . In: Ehime-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2008. ISBN 978-4-634-24638-6 . Page 59.
- Oguri, Doei: Kukai. Shikoku hachijuhachi kosho no arukikata. Chukei no Bunko, 2011, ISBN 978-4-8061-4067-2 .
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Coordinates: 33 ° 45 ′ 28.6 " N , 132 ° 48 ′ 46.3" E