Jakkoin Temple

This is a Tendai sect nunnery in Ohara Kusao-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City. The temple name is Seiko-san. According to temple legend, it was founded by Prince Shotoku, but it is also said to have been founded by Kukai or Ryonin. The principal image is a wooden standing statue of Jizo Bodhisattva carved with 60,000 small statues, and is a national important cultural property. After the Taira clan was destroyed in the Battle of Dannoura in 1185 (Bun'ei 1), Kenreimon'in Taira Tokuko (daughter of Kiyomori) retired to this temple to pray for the repose of the souls of Emperor Takakura, Emperor Antoku, and other members of the Taira clan. The story of Emperor Goshirakawa's visit to visit the Empress's humble abode is famous in the Kanjo chapter of the Tale of the Heike and the Noh play Ohara Goko. The papier-mâché statue of Awa no Naishi (a maid of Kenreimon'in) in the main hall is said to have been made from letters from the Taira clan. The temple later fell into ruin, but during the Keicho era (1596-1615), Katagiri Katsumoto rebuilt the temple at the request of Yodo-dono, a concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In May 2000, the main hall was destroyed by fire, and the principal image was also destroyed. It is a tranquil enchanted land, and in the mountains behind it is Kenreimon'in's grave, Ohara Nishiryo.

[Toshiaki Hirai]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

京都市左京区大原草生(おおはらくさお)町にある天台宗の尼寺。山号は清香山(せいこうさん)。寺伝では聖徳太子の開創というが、空海または良忍(りょうにん)が開いたとも伝えられる。本尊は6万体の小像が刻まれた木像地蔵菩薩(じぞうぼさつ)立像で国の重要文化財。1185年（文治1）、壇ノ浦の戦いで平氏滅亡してのち、建礼門院(けんれいもんいん)平徳子(とくこ)（清盛(きよもり)の女(むすめ)）が隠棲(いんせい)し、高倉(たかくら)天皇と安徳(あんとく)天皇ほか平家一門の冥福(めいふく)を祈った寺。この女院のわび住まいを見舞うため後白河(ごしらかわ)法王が行幸された故事は、『平家物語』灌頂(かんじょう)巻や謡曲の『大原御幸(おはらごこう)』で名高い。また本堂内にある阿波内侍(あわのないし)（建礼門院の侍女）の張り子の像は、平氏一門の書簡でつくられたという。寺はのちに荒廃したが、慶長(けいちょう)年間（1596～1615）豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉の側室淀君(よどぎみ)の本願により片桐且元(かたぎりかつもと)が堂宇を再興した。2000年（平成12）5月火災により本堂を焼失、本尊は焼損した。閑寂な仙境で、背後の山には建礼門院の墓所、大原西陵(にしりょう)がある。

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