Tokaiji Temple

This temple is of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, Daitoku-ji school, located in Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. Its correct name is Banshozan Tokai Zenji. The principal image is the Shaka Triad. It was built in 1639 (Kan'ei 16) by Tokugawa Iemitsu, with Takuan Soho as its founder, and has been under the patronage of successive Tokugawa families. In 1871 (Meiji 4), the temple was taken over as national property and the main temple was lost, so the sub-temple Gensho-in was rebuilt as a Buddhist hall. The temple's treasures include a silk-painted statue of the monk Takuan, a cultural asset designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government; Takuan Soho's "Commentary on the Theory of Genjin," three scrolls of Takuan's calligraphy; three books of official tools received at Tokai-ji Temple; and 124 books of official records of Tokai-ji Temple. The graves of Takuan and Kamo no Mabuchi are designated as national historic sites.

[Akira Suganuma]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

東京都品川区北品川にある臨済(りんざい)宗大徳寺派の寺。正しくは萬松山(ばんしょうざん)東海禅寺という。本尊は釈迦(しゃか)三尊仏。1639年（寛永16）徳川家光(いえみつ)が沢庵宗彭(たくあんそうほう)を開山として建立、徳川家代々の外護(げご)を得た。1871年（明治4）国有地とされて本坊を失ったため、塔頭(たっちゅう)の玄性院を仏殿として再建した。寺宝に都指定文化財の絹本淡彩沢庵和尚(おしょう)像、沢庵宗彭筆『原人論註解(ちゅうかい)』、沢庵墨跡3幅、東海寺拝領御道具帳3冊、東海寺公用記録124冊などがある。沢庵の墓、賀茂真淵(かもまぶち)の墓は国史跡に指定されている。

［菅沼　晃］

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