Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Japanese: 清水寺 - きよみずでら

Also called "Seisui-ji." A Northern Hosso sect temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City. The mountain name is Otowa-san. The principal image is the Eleven-Headed Kannon, and it is the 16th of the Thirty-Three Western Temples. According to the "Kiyomizu-dera Engi," it was founded in 798 by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, with Enchin as the founder. It flourished as a temple of Emperor Kanmu in 805, and a training center for the nation's protection in 810, but was repeatedly burned and destroyed due to natural disasters and the fact that it was embroiled in a dispute between Enryaku-ji and Kofuku-ji as it belonged to Kofuku-ji. The current main hall (national treasure) was rebuilt in 1633 and shows a typical style of a main hall of esoteric Buddhism. Because it is located on a steep cliff, it is supported by long pillars in a so-called kake-zukuri style, and the front is famous as "Kiyomizu-dera Stage." The large hipped roof with cypress bark is a representative relic of Edo period architecture. It was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1994.
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Kiyomizu-dera Temple

A Tendai sect temple in Yasugi city, Shimane prefecture. It is also called "Seisui-ji". It was founded in the early Heian period, and the principal image, the Eleven-Headed Kannon, is an Important Cultural Property. During the Sengoku period, the temple gained influence under the patronage of the Amako clan, and competed with Gakuen-ji for the position of head priest from 1545 to 1555. After the fall of the Amako clan, it came under the protection of the Mori clan. During the Edo period, it was protected by the lord of Matsue domain. The main hall, built in 1393, and the wooden seated statue of Amida Nyorai and two attendant seated statues from the Heian period are Important Cultural Properties.

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Japanese:

〈せいすいじ〉とも。京都市東山区にある北法相宗の寺。山号は音羽山。本尊は十一面観音で，西国三十三所第16番札所。〈清水寺縁起〉によれば延鎮を開基として坂上田村麻呂が798年に創建。805年桓武天皇の御願寺，810年鎮護国家の道場となり隆盛したが，天災のほか，興福寺に属したため延暦寺と興福寺の紛争に巻き込まれたこともあって焼失破壊を重ねた。現在の本堂（国宝）は1633年再建のもので，密教本堂の典型的形式を示す。急崖にあるため長い束柱(つかばしら)でささえられたいわゆる懸造(かけづくり)となっており，前面は〈清水の舞台〉として有名。檜皮葺(ひわだぶき)の大きな寄棟(よせむね)造は江戸時代建築の代表的遺構。1994年世界文化遺産に登録。
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清水寺【きよみずでら】

島根県安来(やすぎ)市にある天台宗の寺。〈せいすいじ〉ともいう。平安初期の創建で，本尊十一面観音は重要文化財。戦国期尼子(あまこ)氏の庇護を得て寺勢を伸ばし，1545年―1555年に鰐淵(がくえん)寺と法座の座位を争っている。尼子氏没落後は毛利氏の外護下に入った。江戸期には松江(まつえ)藩主から保護された。1393年建立の本堂，平安期の木造の阿弥陀如来座像及び両脇侍座像は重要文化財。

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