Chōgaku-ji | |
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長岳寺 | |
![]() Chōgaku-ji's
Rōmon (tower gate) | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhist |
Sect | Kōyasan Shingon-shū |
Prefecture | Nara |
Location | |
Municipality | Tenri |
Country | Japan |
Prefecture | Nara |
Geographic coordinates | 34°33′39″N 135°51′07″E / 34.56083°N 135.85194°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Kūkai |
Date established | 824 |
Website | |
chogakuji |
Chōgaku-ji (Japanese: 長岳寺) is a Japanese Buddhist temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect in the city of Tenri in Nara Prefecture, Japan. [1] It is located within Yamato-Aogaki Quasi-National Park [2] along the Yamanobe no michi (Japanese: 山辺の道), the oldest road in Japan, [3] at the foot of Mt. Ryūō in the Sanuki Mountains. [4] The temple is the fourth of the thirteen Buddhist sites of Yamato, [5] and the nineteenth of the twenty-five Kansai flower temples. [1]
Chōgaku-ji was built by Kūkai in 824. [6] The temple's bell tower gate ( rōmon) is the oldest in Japan. [7] The gate was originally built in the Heian period when the temple was founded, and is the only building that remains of the originals at Chōgaku-ji. [8] [9] The upper portion of the gate was rebuilt between 1086–1184, and the lower portion was rebuilt between 1573–1614. The gate is in a Kibitsu-zukuri-style with a thin wood shingle roof. [10]
Chōgaku-ji has four structures and five statues that have been designated as national important cultural properties. The bell tower gate was designated a national important cultural property in 1907. [10] Jizō-in is a dō (Japanese: 堂, lit. 'hall') that was built in 1631, and was designated a national important cultural property in 1969. [11] Behind Jizō-in is it's kuri (kitchen), which was built in 1930 and was designated a national important cultural property in 1955. [12]
Gochidō is an open pagoda built between 1275–1332 in the late Kamakura period, which was designated a national important cultural property in 1908. [13] The pagoda's frame has no walls and is adorned with Sanskrit lettering, and is supported by a large central pillar (called a shinbashira). [14]
Official website (Japanese)
Chōgaku-ji | |
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長岳寺 | |
![]() Chōgaku-ji's
Rōmon (tower gate) | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhist |
Sect | Kōyasan Shingon-shū |
Prefecture | Nara |
Location | |
Municipality | Tenri |
Country | Japan |
Prefecture | Nara |
Geographic coordinates | 34°33′39″N 135°51′07″E / 34.56083°N 135.85194°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Kūkai |
Date established | 824 |
Website | |
chogakuji |
Chōgaku-ji (Japanese: 長岳寺) is a Japanese Buddhist temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect in the city of Tenri in Nara Prefecture, Japan. [1] It is located within Yamato-Aogaki Quasi-National Park [2] along the Yamanobe no michi (Japanese: 山辺の道), the oldest road in Japan, [3] at the foot of Mt. Ryūō in the Sanuki Mountains. [4] The temple is the fourth of the thirteen Buddhist sites of Yamato, [5] and the nineteenth of the twenty-five Kansai flower temples. [1]
Chōgaku-ji was built by Kūkai in 824. [6] The temple's bell tower gate ( rōmon) is the oldest in Japan. [7] The gate was originally built in the Heian period when the temple was founded, and is the only building that remains of the originals at Chōgaku-ji. [8] [9] The upper portion of the gate was rebuilt between 1086–1184, and the lower portion was rebuilt between 1573–1614. The gate is in a Kibitsu-zukuri-style with a thin wood shingle roof. [10]
Chōgaku-ji has four structures and five statues that have been designated as national important cultural properties. The bell tower gate was designated a national important cultural property in 1907. [10] Jizō-in is a dō (Japanese: 堂, lit. 'hall') that was built in 1631, and was designated a national important cultural property in 1969. [11] Behind Jizō-in is it's kuri (kitchen), which was built in 1930 and was designated a national important cultural property in 1955. [12]
Gochidō is an open pagoda built between 1275–1332 in the late Kamakura period, which was designated a national important cultural property in 1908. [13] The pagoda's frame has no walls and is adorned with Sanskrit lettering, and is supported by a large central pillar (called a shinbashira). [14]
Official website (Japanese)