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.
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)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.
