Shuzenji Temple

This is a Soto sect temple in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is also written as Shuzenji. Its name is Shoro-san. It is commonly known as O-Kubō-san. It was founded by Korin, a disciple of the great master Kobo Daishi Kukai. It was originally a Shingon sect temple, but when the Song zen monk Rankei Doryū came from Kamakura and entered the temple during the Kenchō era (1249-56), it became a Rinzai sect temple, and in 1489 (Entoku 1), it was converted to a Soto sect temple by Ryūkei Hanshō. Minamoto no Noriyori was imprisoned in this temple by his brother Yoritomo, and in 1193 (Kenkyū 4) he was attacked by Kajiwara Kagetoki and committed suicide. In 1204 (Genkyu 1), Minamoto no Yoriie, who was imprisoned by Hojo Tokimasa, was killed here. Okamoto Kidō's play Shuzenji Monogatari, which depicts this historical event, is famous. The Treasure Museum has an old mask that is said to have been made by the mask maker Yashaō, as well as the Hannyaharamitta Sutra. Nearby, Shigetsu-ga-Oka is home to the Shigetsu Hall (also called the Issaikyodo Hall, as it houses the Song edition of the Issaikyo Sutra), which was built by Hojo Masako to pray for Yoriie's soul, and Yoriie's grave.

[Akira Suganuma]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

静岡県伊豆市にある曹洞(そうとう)宗の寺。修善寺とも書いた。肖廬山(しょうろさん)と号する。通称お弘法(くぼう)さん。開山は弘法(こうぼう)大師空海の高弟である杲隣(こうりん)。初めは真言宗であったが、建長(けんちょう)年間（1249～56）宋(そう)の禅僧蘭渓道隆(らんけいどうりゅう)が鎌倉からきてこの寺に入ったとき臨済宗となり、さらに1489年（延徳1）隆渓繁紹(りゅうけいはんしょう)によって曹洞宗に変わった。源範頼(のりより)は兄頼朝(よりとも)によってこの寺に幽閉され、1193年（建久4）梶原景時(かじわらかげとき)に襲われて自刃した。また、1204年（元久1）には北条時政(ときまさ)に幽閉された源頼家(よりいえ)がここで殺された。その史実を描いた岡本綺堂(きどう)の戯曲『修禅寺物語』は名高い。宝物館には頼家の顔を面作り師夜叉王(やしゃおう)が写したという古面や、放光般若波羅蜜多(はんにゃはらみった)経などがある。近くの指月(しげつ)ヶ丘には北条政子(まさこ)が頼家の冥福(めいふく)を祈るために建てた指月殿（宋版一切経(いっさいきょう)を納めるため一切経堂ともいう）と頼家の墓がある。

［菅沼　晃］

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