Jinguji Temple

Japanese: 神宮寺 - じんぐうじ

A temple built in the precincts of a shrine for Buddhist monks to serve the deities. The shrine's rituals were conducted in Buddhist style, such as by chanting sutras. It is also called Shingan-ji, Jingu-ji, Jingu-in, Betsu-do-ji, or Miya-dera. In the Nara period, shrine temples were built at Kashima, Tado, Futarasan, Atsuta, Kamo, Usa-Hachiman, and Ise-taisha, based on the idea that the deities also welcomed Buddhism. As the idea of syncretism between Shinto and Buddhism progressed and the theory of honji suijaku was established, shrine temples appeared one after another at shrines such as Keta, Iwashimizu, and Ishigami from the 9th century onwards, and eventually shrines in various provinces were established with shrine temples. They were abolished or separated due to the anti-Buddhist and anti-Shrine movement of the Meiji Restoration. Note that Kofuku-ji and Kasuga-sha, Enryaku-ji and Hiyoshi-sha, and Koyasan Kongobu-ji and Nyu-sha are different from shrine temples, as they enshrine local deities within the temple grounds to protect the temples. (→Shinbutsu Shugo, Shinbutsu Bunri-rei, Haibutsu Kishaku)

Jinguji Temple

The central town of Kamioka, located in the central part of Daisen City, in the central south of Akita Prefecture. Former name of the town. In 1955, it merged with Kitanaraoka Village to form Kamioka Town. It is a key transportation location at the confluence of the Omono River and its tributary, the Tama River. It was an old post station and prospered as a river port. To the south is Mt. Jinguji (281m).

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Japanese:

仏教の僧侶が神祇に奉仕するために，神社の境内などに建立された寺院。神社の祭祀が読経などの仏式でとり行われた。神願寺，神供寺，神宮院，別当寺，宮寺などともいう。神祇もまた仏教を歓迎するという思想によって，奈良時代から，鹿島，多度，二荒山，熱田，賀茂，宇佐八幡，伊勢大神宮などに神宮寺が建てられ，神仏習合思想の進展，さらには本地垂迹説の成立に伴い，9世紀以降になると気多，石清水，石上などの神社に相次いで神宮寺が現れ，やがて諸国の神社に神宮寺が設定されるにいたった。明治維新の排仏毀釈運動によって，あるいは廃止され，あるいは分離された。なお，興福寺と春日社，延暦寺と日吉社，高野山金剛峰寺と丹生社などは，寺院守護のために，寺域内の地主神などを祀るものであり，神宮寺とは異なる。 (→神仏習合 ,　神仏判然令 ,　廃仏毀釈 ) 　