Chōgaku-ji

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
長岳寺
The tower gate
Chōgaku-ji's Rōmon (tower gate)
Religion
AffiliationBuddhist
SectKōyasan Shingon-shū
PrefectureNara
Location
MunicipalityTenri
CountryJapan
Chōgaku-ji is located in Nara Prefecture
Chōgaku-ji
Shown within Nara Prefecture
Chōgaku-ji is located in Japan
Chōgaku-ji
Chōgaku-ji (Japan)
PrefectureNara
Geographic coordinates34°33′39″N 135°51′07″E
Architecture
FounderKūkai
Date established824
Website
chogakuji.or.jp (Japanese)

History

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 1086–1184, and the lower portion was rebuilt between 1573–1614. The gate is in a Kibitsu-zukuri-style with a thin wood shingle roof.[10]

Cultural artifacts

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 it's 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 1275–1332 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]

References
  1. "第19番 長岳寺" [No. 19 Chōgaku-ji]. hana25.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  2. "大和青垣国定公園" [Yamato-Aogaki Quasi-National Park]. Nara Prefecture (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  3. "Yamato: Unknown Origin" (PDF). jnto.go.jp (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  4. Eynon, Matthew (July 30, 2012). "Chōgaku-ji Temple". JapanTravel.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  5. "寺院紹介" [Introduction to the temples]. 13butu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  6. "長岳寺 高野山真言宗" [Chōgaku-ji – Koyasan Shingon Buddhism]. Chogakuji.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  7. "Chogakuji Temple". city.sakurai.lg.jp. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  8. "楼門 重要文化財 (平安時代)" [Rōmon – Important Cultural Property (Heian period)]. Chogakuji.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  9. "釜口山長岳寺" [Mt. Kamaguchi's Chōgaku-ji]. Tenri City (in Japanese). October 5, 2022. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  10. "長岳寺楼門" [Chōgaku-ji's Rōmon]. 国指定文化財等データベース [Database of Nationally Designated Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  11. "長岳寺旧地蔵院 – 本堂" [Chōgaku-ji's Former Jizo-in – Main Hall]. 国指定文化財等データベース [Database of Nationally Designated Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  12. "長岳寺旧地蔵院 – 庫裏" [Chōgaku-ji's Former Jizō-in – Kitchen]. 国指定文化財等データベース [Database of Nationally Designated Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  13. "長岳寺五智堂(真面堂)" [Chōgaku-ji's Gochidō (Shinmendō)]. 国指定文化財等データベース [Database of Nationally Designated Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  14. "五智呑堂 重要文化財 (鎌倉時代)" [Gochidō, important cultural property (Kamakura period)]. Chogakuji.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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