Enzoji Temple Naked Festival

...A temple of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect in Yanaizu-machi, Kawanuma-gun, Fukushima Prefecture. It is called Reiganzan. It is the first of the three Kokuzo temples in Japan. It is an ancient temple that is said to have been founded by the great Hosso sect scholar Tokuichi during the Daido era (806-810). Tokuichi was based in Aizu and was a famous monk known for his fierce debates with Saicho. There are many temples in the Fukushima region that claim to have been founded by Tokuichi, including Enichi-ji Temple. The principal image, Fukuman Kokuzo Bosatsu, is said to have been created by Kukai. Around 1384, Daikei of Kotoku-ji Temple in Aizu-Wakamatsu City restored the temple to the Rinzai sect, but later converted to Shingon Buddhism when Gamo Hideyuki was the lord, and reverted to the Rinzai sect again during the lordship of Kato Yoshiaki. ...

*Some of the terms used in reference to the Enjoji Naked Festival are listed below.

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…福島県河沼郡柳津町にある臨済宗妙心寺派の寺。霊巌山と号す。日本三虚空蔵の第一。法相宗の碩学徳一（とくいち）が大同年間(806‐810)に開いたという古刹。徳一は会津を拠点とし，最澄との激しい論争で知られた名僧で，福島地方には恵日（えにち）寺をはじめ徳一の開基を伝える寺が少なくない。本尊福満虚空蔵菩薩は空海の作と伝えられる。1384年ごろ会津若松市興徳寺の大圭が中興し臨済宗に改まったが，その後蒲生秀行が領主のとき真言宗に転じ，加藤嘉明の領主時代ふたたび臨済宗に復帰した。…

※「円蔵寺裸祭」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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