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Dōjō ji

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Affiliation
  
Tendai

Country
  
Japan

Completed
  
701

Deity
  
Senjū Kannon

Website
  
http://www.dojoji.com/

Phone
  
+81 738-22-0543

Dōjō-ji

Location
  
1738 Kanemaki, Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture

Address
  
1738 Kanemaki, Hidakagawa, Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture 649-1331, Japan

Similar
  
Dōjōji Station, Kabuki‑za, National Theatre of Japan, National Noh Theatre, Gobō Station

Dōjō-ji (道成寺) is a Tendai school Buddhist temple in Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 701, it has given name to a number of plays, the statues of Senjū Kannon, Nikkō Bosatsu, and Gakkō Bosatsu are National Treasures, and there are a number of other Important Cultural Properties.

Contents

Buildings

  • Hondō (1357); 7x5 bay, single-storey, irimoya-zukuri, tiled roof; (Important Cultural Property)
  • Niōmon (1694); 3 bay, single-door rōmon, irimoya-zukuri, tiled roof; (Important Cultural Property)
  • Three-storey pagoda (1763) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)
  • Shoin (1702) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)

    • Treasures

  • Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (木造千手観音立像) (Heian period) (National Treasure)
  • Wooden statues of Nikkō Bosatsu and Gakkō Bosatsu (木造菩薩立像 (伝日光・月光菩薩)) (Heian period) (National Treasures)
  • Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (木造千手観音立像) (Nara period) (Important Cultural Property)
  • Wooden-core lacquer statue of Senjū Kannon (木心乾漆千手観音立像) (Nara period) (Important Cultural Property)
  • Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (木造十一面観音立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)
  • Wooden statue of Bishamonten (木造毘沙門天立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)
  • Wooden statues of the Four Heavenly Kings (木造四天王立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)
  • Wooden statues of the Shaka Nyorai Triad (木造釈迦如来坐像及び両脇侍立像) (Nanboku-chō period) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)
  • Dōjō-ji Engi emaki (紙本著色道成寺縁起), two scrolls (Muromachi period) (Important Cultural Property)
  • Dōtaku (Yayoi period) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)

    • Anchin and Kiyohime

    The story of the monk Anchin (安珍) and his spurned lover Kiyohime (清姫) who, devoured by her passion and jealousy, turns into a serpent and pursues him to his destruction, is the subject of the Noh play Dōjōji, known for the rare prominence of its dramatic prop, the temple bell; as well as the Kabuki play Musume Dōjōji with its long onnagata buyō.

    References

    Dōjō-ji Wikipedia
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