Zenpuku-in
The Zenpuku-in ( Japanese 善 福 院 ) is a temple of the Tendai direction of Buddhism in a valley on the southwestern edge of the city of Kainan in Wakayama Prefecture .
history
In the Middle Ages, the Zenpuku-in was one of the five secondary temples ( 塔 頭 , Tatchū ) of the Kōfukuzen-ji ( 広 福 禅寺 ), which no longer exists today and who was very revered by the samurai of the area. The Kōfukuzen-ji was built in 1215, this side temple in 1221 by a student of Eisai , Eikai ( 栄 海 ), built.
When Hashiba Hideyoshi invaded Kii Province in 1585 and seized the temple property, most of the buildings were destroyed. But with the help of the samurai in the area, the temple was restored as early as 1594. At the time, the temple belonged to the Shingon direction of Buddhism. But when in 1667 the temple came under the Ungai-in ( 雲 蓋 院 ), which in turn was a sub-temple of the Tōshō-gū in the Wakaura Bay, it switched to the Tendai direction.
When the Kofukuzen-ji was dissolved in 1897, the Zenpuku-in took over its role.
The attachment
The main hall of the temple here is the Shaka-dō ( 釈 迦 堂 ), which dates from the late Kamakura period. It has a square floor plan of 5 × 5 Ken , here 11.39 × 11.69 m (width × depth). It is two-story, the main roof and the lower surrounding roof ( 裳 階 , Mokoshi ) are covered with roof tiles. The Shaka-dō is registered as a national treasure as an excellent example of the early Zen style .
Treasures of the temple
A seated Shaka Nyorai and the figure of a priest are venerated, both are important cultural assets of the prefecture. There is also a memorial stele and the grave of the Confucianist Yamanoi Konron ( 山 井 崑崙 ;? –1728), who lived and worked in this area.
Remarks
- ↑ "Tōshō-gū" (東 照 宮) initially meant the Tōshō-gū in Nikkō . Later, shrines with the same name were built in all parts of the country in order to be able to worship Tokugawa Ieyasu "at home".
literature
- Wakayama-ken kotogakko-shakai-ka kenkyu-kyokai (Ed.): Zenpuku-in . In: Wakayama-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24630-0 . P.56.
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Coordinates: 34 ° 7 ′ 50 ″ N , 135 ° 10 ′ 38.1 ″ E