Jikō-in
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Jikō-in (慈光院) is a Buddhist temple located in the Koizumi-chō neighborhood of the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Daitokuji-branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen and its honzon is a statue of Shaka Nyorai. The sangō of the temple is Entsuzan (圓通山). The Jikō-in garden has been designated Place of Scenic Beauty and National Historic Site since 1934.[1]
Jikō-in | |
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慈光院 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhist |
Deity | Shaka Nyorai |
Rite | Daitokuji-branch of Rinzai school |
Status | functional |
Location | |
Location | 865 Koizumicho, Yamatokoriyama-shi, Nara-ken 639-1042 |
Country | Japan |
Geographic coordinates | 34°37′55.3″N 135°45′28.8″E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Katagiri Sadamasa |
Completed | 1663 |
The temple was founded by Katagiri Sadamasa, second daimyō of Koizumi Domain, who was better known under the name "Sekishu" as the founder of Sekishu-ryu school of the Japanese tea ceremony. He was the nephew of Katagiri Katsumoto and tea instructor to the fourth Shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna, so his style became popular among the feudal ruling class of Japan at the time. Jikō-in was constructed in 1663 as the bodaiji memorial temple for his father, Katagiri Sadataka, and the 185th abbot of Daitoku-ji was its founding priest. The name of "Jikō-in" was taken from Katagiri Sadataka's dharma name Jikōin-den Setsutei Sōritsu Koji.
The temple gate was a structure salvaged from Settsu Ibaraki Castle, Katagiri Sadamasa's birthplace, after that castle was abolished under the Tokugawa shogunate's "One Castle per Province" edict.
The temple is located 1.4 kilometers northwest, or approximately 20-minutes on foot, from Yamato-Koizumi Station on the JR West Kansai Main Line.
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