A temple located in Menuma, Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture. It is said to have originated from Seiten-gu Shrine, which was opened by Saito Sanemori in Nagaisho, Musashi Province in 1179. It is a semi-special head temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect. The principal image, the Goshotai Shakujo-zu, is a designated Important Cultural Property of Japan, and the main hall (Kankiin Seitendo) is a designated National Treasure. It is also called "Seitenzan" or "Menuma Seidenzan Kankiin". Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Plus Information |
埼玉県熊谷市妻沼(めぬま)にある寺院。1179年に斎藤実盛が武蔵国長井庄に開いた聖天宮が起源とされる。高野山真言宗準別格本山。本尊の御正躰錫杖頭は国の重要文化財、本殿(歓喜院聖天堂)は国宝に指定されている。「聖天山」「妻沼聖天山歓喜院」などともする。
出典 小学館デジタル大辞泉プラスについて 情報 |
<<: Ventilation exercise - Ventilation exercise
A British organization and movement for boys found...
…His posthumous name was Kiyosato-ko. He was call...
A branch of Shingon Buddhism that arose in the la...
... The northern end of the Nakamichi is on the s...
…There are about 150 species distributed in Japan...
…The oldest carvings, of elephants and hippos, ar...
Unlike early modern village maps, these are maps t...
…[Hiroshi Inoue]. … *Some of the terminology that...
A branch of sociology that focuses on the conscio...
A hollowed-out boat seen on the Izumo and Oki coas...
An insect belonging to the order Hemiptera and th...
The exchange rate between gold standard countries ...
An artificial radioactive element with an atomic ...
A rod that can rotate around a fixed point (fulcru...
A port city in the province of Oviedo in the Astu...