Daijuji Temple

This temple is located in Kamoda-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. Its official name is Daiju-koji Temple. It is called Jodozan Shoan-in and belongs to the Chinzei school of the Jodo sect of Buddhism. It was founded in 1475 (Bunmei 7) by Matsudaira Chikatada, the lord of Okazaki Castle, and by Seiyogutei as the founder, in order to hold memorial services for those who died in battle. Since then, it has been a place of repose and prayer for the Matsudaira clan, and Tokugawa Ieyasu is said to have often visited the temple. It houses the graves of eight Matsudaira generations, a wooden statue of Ieyasu, and life-size memorial tablets of past shoguns. Many of the buildings, such as the main hall, founder's hall, and mountain gate, were rebuilt at the end of the Tokugawa period, but the two-storied pagoda was built in 1535 (Tenbun 4) and is a National Important Cultural Property. The Daihojo is home to the sliding screen paintings by Okada Tamechika (a National Important Cultural Property), as well as many other temple treasures that are aired out and put on display every year from August 16th to 18th.

[Shoji Mori]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

愛知県岡崎市鴨田(かもだ)町にある寺。正式名称は大樹公寺。成道山松安院(じょうどうざんしょうあんいん)と号し、浄土宗鎮西派に属する。1475年（文明7）に岡崎城主松平親忠(ちかただ)を開基とし、勢誉愚底(せいよぐてい)を開山として、戦死者の回向(えこう)を弔うために創建された。爾来(じらい)、松平家歴世の菩提(ぼだい)所ならびに祈願所となり、徳川家康もしばしば参詣(さんけい)したという。松平8代の墓と家康の木像および歴代将軍の等身大の位牌(いはい)を安置する。本堂、開山堂、山門など建物の多くは徳川末期に再建されたものであるが、多宝塔は1535年（天文4）の造営で国重要文化財。大方丈には岡田為恭(ためちか)の障壁画（国重要文化財）があり、その他多くの寺宝が毎年8月16～18日に虫干し展覧される。

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