Zuiryu-ji (Takaoka)

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Zuiryū-ji, in front of the Buddha Hall

The Zuiryū-ji ( Japanese 瑞龍 寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in Takaoka City , Toyama Prefecture . The temple belongs to the Sōtō direction of Buddhism.

history

The second prince of the Kaga - han , Maeda Toshinaga (1562–1614), who had retired to Takaoka, had the temple built, which was completed in 1613 under the name Hōen-ji ( 法 円 寺 ). After Toshinaga's death in 1614, the temple was renamed Zuiryū-ji after his posthumous name Zuiryū-in ( 瑞龍 院 ). The third prince, Toshinaga's younger brother, had the temple expanded in 1645 to commemorate Toshinaga. The building supervision was taken over by the court architect Yamagami Zen'emon Yoshihiro ( 山上 善 右衛門 嘉 ), who completed the extensions by the 50th commemoration in 1663. The temple complex at that time was 118,800 m² in size and - like a castle - was surrounded by two successive moats.

The attachment

Plan of the temple
Buddha hall

The garan ( 伽藍 ), i.e. the temple complex, follows the Zen style and is based on the Zen temple Jingshanshou-si ( Chinese  径山 寿 寺 ) in Hangzhou .　

  • The outer gate ( 総 門 , sōmon ; A) in front of the actual complex has a hipped roof, which is covered with layers of thin shingles ( 杮 葺 き , kokera-buki ). The gate bears the Maeda coat of arms, the plum blossom, and is adorned with lions at both ends, a good example of the decoration in the Momoyama or early Edo period .
  • The temple gate ( 山門 , sammon ; T) was built in 1645, but was lost in a fire in 1746. It was then only rebuilt from 1814 by Yamagami Zen'emon Yoshihiro and completed by 1818.
  • The Buddha Hall ( 仏 殿 ; butsuden ; B) stands in the center of the Zen temple surrounded by a walkway . It is made of elm wood with the dimensions 13 × 13 m. The lead-covered frame shines brightly, the interior is a hybrid of so-called Japanese and Indian styles with good carving. A masterpiece by Yamagami.
  • The prayer hall ( 法堂 , hattō ; G) in which the devotions take place dates from 1655. The building has a hipped roof that is covered with copper plates. The building has six rooms and a gallery, the walls of which are gilded. The ceiling of the hall in the middle is painted with flowers by Kanō Yasunobu . At the far end of the room there is a stele in the middle niche in memory of Maeda Toshinaga. The right niche is taken up by a Maeda reception room, the left niche is a quiet room for priests and was for the higher vassals of the Maeda.
  • The Great Refectory ( 大 庫裏 , daikuri ; R),
  • the Zen building ( 禅堂 , zen-dō ; Z) and
  • the great tea house ( 大 茶 堂 , dai-chadō ) are integrated into the handling and complete the complex.

In the front (eastern) area, the following buildings have been renewed in recent years:

  • the bathhouse ( 浴室 , yokushitsu , Y) and
  • the toilet house ( 七 間 浄 頭 , shichiken chinjū , N).

The Outer Gate, the Zen Buildings, the Great Tea House, the walkways are all registered as an Important Cultural Property of Japan . In 1997 the Buddha hall, the prayer hall and the main gate were declared a national treasure. - The temple has a Daruma painting by Sesshū , a Kannon by Kanō Tan'yū and other paintings.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The toilet house is described in a Zen temple with mit 頭 , for example, 'peaceful superior' or also with tōchin ( 東 浄 ), 'eastern peace', or tōsu ( 東 司 ), 'eastern administration'.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Suzuki, Toshihiko (ed.): “Zuiryu-ji”. In: Nihon daihyakka zensho (Denshibukku-han) ”, Shogakukan, 1996.
  2. ↑ a b Toyama kindai rekishi kenkyukai rekishi sampo bukai (ed.): Toyama-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2008. ISBN 978-4-634-24616-4 .

literature

  • Mainichi Shimbu (ed.): Juyo bunkazai 12. Temple architecture. Mainichi Shimbun-sha, 1973.

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Coordinates: 36 ° 44 ′ 8 ″  N , 137 ° 0 ′ 38 ″  E