Taisan-ji (Matsuyama)

Taisan-ji (太山寺^?) is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is Temple 52 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage. The Hondō is a National Treasure.

History

Taisan-ji is said to have been founded by a wealthy merchant from Kyushu in the sixth century, after he had been saved from a shipwreck by Jūichimen Kannon. The temple enjoyed imperial patronage from the time of Emperor Shōmu.^[1]

Buildings

• Hondō (Kamakura period), (National Treasure)^[2][3][4]
• Niōmon (Kamakura period) (Important Cultural Property)^[5][6][7]

Treasures

• Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (木造十一面観音立像^?) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)^[8][9][10]
• Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (hibutsu) (木造十一面観音立像^?) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)^[11][12]

See also

• Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
• List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)

References