Kimpusen-ji

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Kimpusen-ji
金峯山寺

"Zaō-Hall" (Zaōdō), a National Treasure
Information
Mountain Name Kokujikusan
Denomination Kimpusen-Shugendō
Venerated Zaō-gongen (Avatar Zaō)
Founded Second half of 7th century
Founder(s) En no Ozunu
Address 2498 Yoshino-yama, Yoshino-chō Yoshino-gun, Nara Prefecture
Country Japan
Website http://www.kinpusen.or.jp/
In Japanese

Kimpusen-ji (金峯山寺 Kinpusen-ji) is the head temple of a branch of the Shugendō religion called Kimpusen-Shugendō in Yoshino district, Nara prefecture, Japan. According to tradition, it was founded by En no Ozunu, who propagated a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Shintō and Buddhist beliefs. The temple's main building "Zaō-Hall" (Zaōdō) is the second largest wooden structure in Japan, right after the daibutsuden at Tōdai-ji in Nara. Kimpusen-ji is a junction in a series of stops on pilgrimage routes.

A Shinto shrine dedicated to Inari is attached to the main compound. In 1963, the Temple constructed a hall named “Nanchō Myōhōden” to appease the soul of the four emperors of the "South Court" and other people who lost their lives in many battles since the Nanbokuchō period (1336-1392). The principal image is the statue of Shaka Nyorai.

In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.

Images

  • Gate with guardians

  • Statue of the wrath-filled and muscular guardian Nio

  • Aizendō (deity: Aizen myōō, Sanskr. Rāgarāja)

  • Kannondō (deity: Kannon bosatsu, "Bodhisattva Guanyin")

  • Itoku tenmangu

  • Bell tower (Shorō)

  • Zaōdō (Deity: Zaō gongen, "Avatar Zaō")

  • entrance of Zaōdō

  • carvings

  • one of the three Zaō-gongen statues in the Zaōdō

  • Nanchō myōhō-den

  • Attached Inari shrine (Deity: Hisatomi Daimyōjin)

  • Inari shrine

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Coordinates: 34°22′5.71″N 135°51′29.40″E / 34.3682528°N 135.8581667°E / 34.3682528; 135.8581667


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