Kongōshō-ji

Kongōshō-ji (金剛證寺^?) is a Rinzai school Zen temple on Mount Asama in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 825 by Kōbō Daishi, it is said to protect Ise Jingū from the northeast.^[1][2]

Buildings

The seven by six bay, yosemune-zukuri Hondō (1609), with hinoki bark roof, is an Important Cultural Property.^[3][4]

Treasures

• Portrait of Kuki Yoshitaka (1607) (Important Cultural Property).^[5][6]
• Heian period statue of Uhōdōji (Important Cultural Property).^[7][8]
• Kamakura period statue of Jizō Bosatsu (Important Cultural Property).^[9][10]
• Heian period tachi (Important Cultural Property).^[11][12]
• Heian period bronze mirror with twin phoenixes (Important Cultural Property).^[13][14]
• Artefacts from the Kyōgamine sutra mound (1159–1173) (National Treasure).^[15] These include bronze sutra containers, mirrors with Amida and the Amida triad, and ceramics.^[16][17] The area of funerary monuments where these items were found has been designated an Historic Site.^[18][19]

See also

• Ise Jingū
• List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)

References