Kakurinji Temple

A Tendai sect temple located in Kitazaike, Kakogawa-cho, Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is called Todasan Shoryoin. It is commonly known as Toda Taishido. It is also known as "Toda no Taishisan" and "Harima no Horyuji." It is said that the temple was founded in the mid-6th century when the Goguryeo monk Ebin lived here to escape the perils of anti-Buddhism. Prince Shotoku, a disciple of Ebin, heard about this and founded the temple, and later ordered Hatano Kawakatsu to build a hall. It is also said that the name Todasan came from the fact that Prince Shotoku met Nichira of Baekje here and prevented him from returning home by raising a sword on him. During the Nara period, it belonged to Horyu-ji Temple, and the 100 towns of Kako County are said to be listed as materials for the Hohkakyo lectures in the Horyu-ji Engi Zaizaicho (Horyu-ji Temple Register) of 761 (Tenpyo Hoji 5). In 835 (Jowa 2), Ennin (Jikaku Daishi) repaired the various halls when he entered China, and the temple became a Tendai sect temple, where Emperor Toba offered his prayers. The Prince Hall was built in the late Heian period, while the main hall was constructed in the Muromachi period, and both are designated as national treasures. Other buildings include the bell tower, goma hall, monk's hall, and jōgyō hall, and are designated as important cultural properties by the nation, along with eight colored silk scrolls depicting Prince Shotoku's life, a bronze standing statue of Shokannon, and a wooden Shaka triad.

[Tamura Kosuke]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

兵庫県加古川(かこがわ)市加古川町北在家(きたざいけ)にある天台宗の寺。刀田山聖霊院(とたさんしょうりょういん)と号する。通称刀田太子堂。「刀田の太子さん」「播磨(はりま)の法隆寺」といわれる。6世紀なかば、高句麗(こうくり)の僧恵便(えびん)が排仏の難を逃れてこの地に住していたところ、恵便の弟子聖徳太子がそれを聞いて開創、のち秦河勝(はたのかわかつ)に命じて堂を建立したのに始まるという。また、太子がこの地で百済(くだら)の日羅(にちら)と会い、その帰国を遮って刀を立てたことから刀田山というと伝える。奈良時代には法隆寺に属し、761年（天平宝字5）の『法隆寺縁起資財帳』に講法花経料として載る賀古郡一百町はこの地であるという。835年（承和2）円仁(えんにん)（慈覚(じかく)大師）が入唐(にっとう)に際し諸堂を修理して以来、天台宗となり、鳥羽(とば)天皇の勅願所となった。太子堂は様式上平安末期の建立、本堂は室町時代の建造で、いずれも国宝に指定されている。ほかに鐘楼、護摩(ごま)堂、行者堂、常行堂があり、絹本着色聖徳太子絵伝8幅、銅造聖観音(しょうかんのん)立像、木造釈迦(しゃか)三尊像などとともに国の重要文化財に指定されている。

［田村晃祐］

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