Dainenbutsu Temple

The head temple of the Yuzu Nembutsu sect, located in Hiranokamimachi, Hirano Ward, Osaka City. It is called Daigenzan Shobutsu Gonen-in and is commonly known as the "Great Nembutsu of Hirano." In ancient times it was also called Kameganedera. The principal image is the eleven Ten-Toku Nyorai Buddhas. The origin of the temple dates back to 1117 (Eikyu 5) when Shoo Daishi Ryonin (1072-1132) founded the Yuzu Nembutsu sect after a long period of training at Mount Hiei and Ohara in Rakuhoku, and in 1127 (Taiji 2) built a hall at the current location as the main training center. The fortunes of the temple declined after repeated fires during wars, and the lineage was temporarily transferred to Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine in Yamashiro (Kyoto Prefecture), but during the Genko era (1321-24), the seventh abbot, Homyo Shonin, took over and restored the temple. The temple was subsequently destroyed by fire in wars in 1332 (Ganko 2) and 1615 (Genna 1), but it continued to thrive thanks to the support of the Nembutsu faith of successive imperial courts and the Tokugawa Shogunate. The mountain gate, bell tower, and Reimei-den Hall were built in the Edo period, but most of the other buildings were rebuilt after the fire in 1898 (Meiji 31). The temple treasures include the last scroll of Moushi Zheng-shen (a national treasure) written by Sugawara no Michizane, two volumes of the first picture scroll print in Japan, Yuzu Nembutsu Engi, and Yuzu Nembutsu Kanjincho and Jodoron (Pure Land Treatises), written by Emperor Gokomatsu (all of which are important cultural properties of Japan). Every year, at the Manbuhoe ceremony held from May 1st to 5th, the Twenty-Five Bodhisattva Recitation Service is held. In addition, the Hyakumanben Daijuzu-reki (a large rosary recitation) is held on the 16th of January, May, and September.

[Oshika Saneaki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

大阪市平野(ひらの)区平野上町にある融通念仏宗の総本山。大源山(だいげんざん)諸仏護念院と号し、俗に「平野の大念仏」とよばれる。古くは亀鉦寺(かめがねでら)ともよばれた。本尊は十一尊天得如来(にょらい)。聖応(しょうおう)大師良忍(りょうにん)（1072―1132）が、比叡(ひえい)山、洛北(らくほく)大原での長い修行ののち、1117年（永久5）融通念仏を創唱、1127年（大治2）現在地に堂宇を建て根本道場としたのを起源とする。たびたびの兵火にあって寺運衰え、法脈は一時は山城(やましろ)（京都府）の石清水八幡宮(いわしみずはちまんぐう)に移されていたが、元亨(げんこう)年間（1321～24）第7世法明上人(ほうみょうしょうにん)が継承して中興の祖となる。その後も1332年（元弘2）、1615年（元和1）に兵火で焼失したが、歴代朝廷や徳川幕府の念仏信仰に支えられ隆盛をみた。山門、鐘楼、霊明殿などは江戸時代の建築であるが、そのほか大部分の建物は1898年（明治31）の火災後に再建されたものである。寺宝には菅原道真(すがわらのみちざね)筆の毛詩鄭箋(もうしていせん)残巻一巻（国宝）、わが国最初の絵巻物版本『融通念仏縁起』二巻、後小松(ごこまつ)天皇宸筆(しんぴつ)『融通念仏勧進帳』、『浄土論』（以上、国の重要文化財）などがある。毎年5月1～5日の万部法会(まんぶほうえ)には二十五菩薩練供養(ぼさつねりくよう)が行われる。また、1、5、9月の16日には百万遍大数珠(じゅず)繰りが行われる。

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