Ikoma Shoten

Japanese: 生駒聖天 - いこましょうてん

Hozan-ji Temple on Mount Ikoma. The head temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture. It is also called Toshidasan and Hannya Cave. It is located directly below the protruding rock peak of the hill on the middle slope of Mount Ikoma. It is said to have been founded by En no Gyoja and was a place where Kobo Daishi trained, but it saw great development when the monk Tankai entered the temple in 1678-79 (Enpo 6-7) during the Edo period. Tankai's local name was Hozan, and he was from what is now Tsu City, Mie Prefecture. Influenced by the spirit of revival and promotion of religious studies in the early Edo period, he studied esoteric Buddhism, practiced the precepts, and traveled from place to place. He then entered Hannya Cave on Mount Ikoma and founded a temple, which he named Daisho Mudoji Temple.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

生駒山宝山寺。奈良県生駒市にある真言律宗の大本山。都史陀山，般若窟とも称す。生駒山の中腹火丘の突起した岩峰の直下にある。役行者開基，弘法大師修行の所と伝えるが，江戸時代1678‐79年(延宝6‐7)湛海（たんかい）律師が入山するに及んで一大発展をみた。湛海は字名を宝山と号し，現，三重県津市の出身。江戸初期の戒律復興宗学振興の気風をうけて密教を学び，戒律を修め，諸方を遍歴ののち，生駒山般若窟に入り一寺を開いて初め大聖無動寺と号した。

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