Opening ceremony - Kaigenkuyo

Japanese: 開眼供養 - かいげんくよう
Opening ceremony - Kaigenkuyo

Kaigen means to open one's eyes, and in Buddhism it means "attaining enlightenment." It also refers to the ritual or practice of putting a soul into a newly created or repaired Buddha statue or mandala. Since the soul is put into the Buddha, it is also called Kaigenko, Kaikomyo, or simply Kaiko or Kaimei. When this ceremony is held on a grand scale, it is called Kaigen-kuyo. The first grand ceremony held in Japan was the Kaigen-kuyo ceremony for the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple on April 9, 752 (Tenpyo-Shoho 4), which was attended by Emperor Kōken, Emperor Shomu Daijō, and Empress Kōmyo.

[Teikai Hiraoka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

開眼とは、眼目を開くという意味から、仏教では「悟りを開くこと」をいい、さらには仏像や曼荼羅(まんだら)などが新しく作製されたり、修理されたとき、それに新たに入魂の儀式や作法を行うことをいう。仏にその魂を入れることから、開眼光、開光明、単に開光、開明ともいう。またこの儀式が盛大に行われた場合に開眼供養という。わが国で最初に盛大に行われたのは、752年(天平勝宝4)4月9日の東大寺の大仏開眼供養で、孝謙(こうけん)天皇、聖武太上(しょうむだいじょう)天皇、光明(こうみょう)皇太后がそろってそれに臨んでいる。

[平岡定海]

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