Konponji Temple

One of the 44 temples of the Nichiren sect in Niibo-Oono, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture. The mountain name is Tsukaharayama. In 1271 (Bun'ei 8), Nichiren was exiled to Sado, and in November of the same year, he entered the Sammai-do in Tsukahara through the snow. From then until April of the following year, he fought hunger with the help of Abutsubo and his wife, deepened his awareness as a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra, defeated various sects (Tsukahara Mondo), and wrote "Kaimokusho". In 1552 (Tenbun 21), Daisenbo Nissei founded Konpon-ji in Tsukahara, where he was exiled, and later, in the early Edo period, it was also called Seikyo-ji (Sado-shi), but there are different theories about the location of Tsukahara. The entire temple grounds are surrounded by dense old trees, and the site of the Sammai Hall is signposted to the left of the mountain gate.

[Michio Sato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

新潟県佐渡(さど)市新穂(にいぼ)大野にある日蓮(にちれん)宗四十四箇(しじゅうしか)寺院の一つ。山号は塚原(つかはら)山。1271年（文永8）日蓮は佐渡に配流となり、同年11月に雪中を塚原の三昧堂(さんまいどう)に入った。以後、翌年4月までこの三昧堂で阿仏房(あぶつぼう)夫妻の援助を得て飢餓と戦いつつ、法華経(ほけきょう)行者の自覚を深め、諸宗を論破し（塚原問答）、『開目抄(かいもくしょう)』を著した。1552年（天文21）大泉坊日成(にっせい)が、その配所塚原に根本寺を開創、のち江戸初期には正教寺ともよばれた（『佐渡志』）が、塚原の場所については異説がある。寺域一帯はうっそうたる老樹に囲まれ、山門の左かたわらに三昧堂址(し)が標示されている。

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