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Buddhist temple in Tenri, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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長岳寺 | |
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 |
Architecture | |
Founder | Kūkai |
Date established | 824 |
Website | |
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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 and 1184, and the lower portion was rebuilt between 1573 and 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 its 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 and 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]
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