Showing posts with label tendai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tendai. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Oreki Temple 7 Kyushu Fudo Myo Pilgrimage
Labels:
dragon,
en no gyoja,
Fudo Myojin,
kannon,
Kunisakihanto Minemichi Long Trail,
kyushu fudo,
nio,
tendai
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Mudo-ji Temple 6 Kyushu Fudo Myoo Pilgrimage
Mudo-ji Temple
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Flowers & Statues at Choanji Temple
Choanji
There wre a few statues around the grounds, and at least three pairs of the stone Nio guardians that are ubiquitous in Kunisaki
More posts on this tri around Kunisaki can be found by clicking the Kyushu Fudo label below, or from an earlier trip by clicking the Kunisaki Fall Walk label.
The principal statuem te honzon, was theis Edo-period statue of a Thousand-Armed Kannon.
Labels:
azalea,
kannon,
Kunisakihanto Minemichi Long Trail,
kyushu fudo,
nio,
temple,
tendai
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Meiseki-ji Temple 43 Shikoku Pilgrimage
eriod.
The temple belongs to the Tendai sect and the honzon is a senju Kannon.
Labels:
ehime,
henro,
sacred tree,
shimenawa,
tendai
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Kinzanji the Oldest Temple in Okayama
According to records, Kinzani Temple was founded bu the monk Hoon Daishi, under orders of Empress Koken, in the year 749, which makes it the oldest surviving temple in Okayama.
Also known as Kanayam Kannonji, I came across the temple quite unexpectedly while walking through the mountain north of Okayama City and spied a large, old pagoda on the hillside.
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Pagoda at Kinzanji
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Treasures of Makiodo
The Treasure Hall at Makiodo Temple in the Hunisaki area. |
Makiodo was built on the site of Makisan Denjo-ji, a large temple in the Kunisaki Peninsula area of Oita. The temple burned down in the early 14th Century but some of the statues were saved and are on display now at Makiodo.
Amida Nyorai flanked by the 4 Shitenno |
Rare Statue of Daitoku Myo at Makiodo |
Fudo Myo at Makiodo in Kunisaki |
Ancient Nio statue on display at Makiodo |
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Seiganto-ji Temple at Nachi
The Nyorindo, the main hall of Seiganto-ji, the Tendai temple that is the "buddhist" part of the shrine-temple complex at Nachi, next to the highest waterfall in Japan. The current main hall dates to 1587 and was built by Hideyoshi after the original buildings had been razed by Oda Nobunaga. It's the oldest extant building in the southern part of the Kii Peninsula.
I was here because it is the first temple on the Saigoku Pilgrimage dedicated to Kannon, and probably the oldest pilgrimage route in Japan. According to the legend it was founded in the 4th Century by a monk from India. In the first years of Meiji Buddhism and Shinto were forcibly and artificially seperated but still today the complex occupies the same space.
En No Gyoja, legendary founder of Shugendo, an ecelectic mix of Daoism, Mountain worship, Shinto, and esoteric Buddhism. Seigantoji is part of the Kumano Sanzan, the three sites in the Kumano region that were a major center for Shugendo in historical times.
It's a fairly large complex spread over the mountainside. Previous posts include the trail leading up to the complex, the shrine complex right next door, and of course the pagoda with waterfall behind.
Above the main hall is the Nyohodo, the Hall of Lanterns, dedicated to Daikoku, one of the 7 Lucky Gods.
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