Kumeda Temple

Japanese: 久米田寺 - くめだじ
Kumeda Temple

This is a Koyasan Shingon sect temple located in Ikejiri-cho, Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture. Its name is Ryugasan Ryuchi-in. It was founded in 734 (Tenpyo 6) by Gyoki at the request of Emperor Shomu, with Tachibana no Moroe as chief patron. During the Kamakura period, it had vast temple grounds and flourished as a temple of learning, but gradually fell into decline. During the Nanboku-cho period, it was protected by the Southern Court, but was destroyed by fire during wars in the Eiroku (1558-70) and Tensho (1573-92) eras. Most of the current buildings were rebuilt and renovated during the Edo period. Fortunately, the ancient documents of the Jyuho treasures remain and are considered valuable materials in the historical academic world as the Kumeda documents. They are designated as important cultural properties of Japan along with the temple treasures Homandala, Nio-e Mandala, Ando Rensho statue, and Kusunoki family documents. The temple grounds include the mountain gate, Kondo (enshrining the Shaka Triad), bell tower, Kannon Hall, Shoden Hall, Kaisan Hall, Daishi Hall, and five sub-temples, and are designated as historic sites of the prefecture. In front of the gate is the vast Kumeda Pond, and behind the temple are the Kumeda Kofun Group.

[Masahiro Nomura]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

大阪府岸和田(きしわだ)市池尻(いけじり)町にある高野山(こうやさん)真言宗の寺。龍臥山(りゅうがさん)隆池院(りゅうちいん)と号する。聖武(しょうむ)天皇の勅願により橘諸兄(たちばなのもろえ)を大檀越(だんおつ)として、734年(天平6)行基(ぎょうき)が開創。鎌倉時代には広大な寺域を有し学問の寺として栄えたが、しだいに廃れた。南北朝時代に南朝の保護を受けたが、永禄(えいろく)(1558~70)、天正(てんしょう)年間(1573~92)に兵火にあい堂宇ことごとく焼失した。現在の堂舎の大部分は江戸時代に再興、整備されたものである。さいわい什宝(じゅうほう)の古文書類は残り、久米田文書として歴史学界の貴重な資料とされ、寺宝の星曼荼羅(ほしまんだら)図、仁王会(にんのうえ)曼荼羅図、安東蓮聖像、楠家文書などとともに国の重要文化財に指定されている。境内には山門、金堂(釈迦(しゃか)三尊を祀(まつ)る)、鐘楼、観音(かんのん)堂、聖天(しょうでん)堂、開山堂、大師堂などのほか、塔頭(たっちゅう)子院5か寺があり、府の史跡に指定されている。門前には広大な久米田池があり、また寺の背後には久米田古墳群がある。

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