Daiunji Temple

Japanese: 大雲寺 - だいうんじ

An independent temple of the Tendai sect in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, it is also called Iwakura-ji, Kannon-in, or Iwakura Kannon. The principal image is the Eleven-Headed Kannon. It was founded in 971 by Hino Bunhan as a branch temple of Onjo-ji Temple, and was founded by Shingaku, whose miraculous tales are recorded in the Nihon Ojo Gokurakuki. It is said that originally there was a large temple, but it later fell into decline, and in the early modern period, it was restored by Gison, the head priest of Jisso-in, with the support of Emperor Gomizunoo and Tofukumon'in. The bronze bell, which has the inscription dated 858 and is recorded in the Kyuuki Daicho, a record of the temple throughout the early modern period, was originally owned by Enryaku-ji Saihodo-in, but was donated by Emperor Gomizunoo and is designated as a national treasure. The bronze bell is currently housed at the Jotenkaku Museum.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

京都市左京区にある天台宗寺門系の単立寺院で，岩倉寺，観音院，岩倉観音とも称する。本尊は十一面観音。天禄2 (971) 年に日野文範により園城寺の別院として創建され，開山は『日本往生極楽記』に奇瑞譚が載せられている真覚 (しんがく) 。当初は大伽藍が存在したというが，のちに衰退，近世になり後水尾天皇，東福門院の援助で実相院門跡義尊が中興した。近世を通じての寺院記録である『旧記大帳』を伝え，また天安2 (858) 年の銘をもつ銅鐘は，もともと延暦寺西宝幢院の所蔵であったが，後水尾天皇の寄進になるもので，国宝に指定されている。現在この銅鐘は承天閣美術館に収蔵される。

出典　ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典について　情報

<<: Daiei [Stock] - Daiei

>>: Da yun jing (Great Cloud Sutra)