Ganjin Memorial Hall

…It was founded during the Daming period (457-464) of the Southern Song Dynasty and was called Daming Temple, but was later renamed Hojo Temple. Before crossing the sea, Ganjin was the chief priest of this temple, and within the temple grounds are the Tenno-den and Daibutsu-den halls, which were restored during the Qing Dynasty, as well as the Ganjin Memorial Hall, built in the Tang Dynasty style in 1963 to commemorate the 1,200th anniversary of the passing of the monk Ganjin, modeled after the Kondo of Toshodaiji Temple. In April 1980, to commemorate the return of the Ganjin statue to its hometown, the temple was restored to its original name of when Ganjin lived there, Daming Temple. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Ganjin Memorial Hall is listed below.

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…南朝宋の大明年間(457‐464)に開かれたので大明寺と称したが，のちに法浄寺と改めた。渡海前の鑑真が住持であった寺で，境内には清代に復興された天王殿や大雄宝殿等の伽藍のほか，1963年に鑑真和上遷化1200年記念として唐招提寺金堂を模して建てられた唐代様式の鑑真紀念堂がある。80年4月，鑑真像の里帰りを記念して，鑑真在住当時の寺名の大明寺に復した。…

※「鑑真紀念堂」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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