Fukiji Temple

This Tendai sect temple is located in Fukiura, Bungotakada city, Oita prefecture. Its mountain name is Rengesan. Its former name was Fuki Amida Temple. It is also called "Fuki Daido". According to temple legend, it was founded by Ninmon in 718 (Yoro 2). The main hall is a single-story building of three or four bays, with a Hogyo-style roof and Gyoki-buki roof, making it the oldest wooden building in Kyushu. It is a precious Amida hall that is designated as a national treasure, on a par with Byodoin's Phoenix Hall and Chusonji's Golden Hall. Inside the hall, there are murals depicting the Amida Pure Land, and together with the principal image, the seated Amida Nyorai statue, it is a national important cultural property. There are many precious stone structures around the hall, including stone monuments, stupas (both of which are prefectural cultural properties), and the Kunisaki Tower, which is unique to the Kunisaki Peninsula. The grounds are a nationally designated historic site.

[Nakayama Kiyota]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

大分県豊後高田(ぶんごたかだ)市蕗浦(ふきうら)にある天台宗の寺。山号は蓮華山(れんげさん)。旧称は蕗阿弥陀(ふきあみだ)寺。「蕗の大堂(だいどう)」ともよばれる。寺伝によれば718年（養老2）仁聞(にんもん)の開基という。大堂は三間・四間の単層、屋根は宝形(ほうぎょう)造・行基葺(ぎょうきぶ)きの九州最古の木造建築物で、平等院鳳凰(ほうおう)堂、中尊寺金色(こんじき)堂と並ぶ貴重な阿弥陀堂として国宝に指定されている。堂内には阿弥陀浄土図などの壁画が描かれており、本尊阿弥陀如来坐像(にょらいざぞう)とともに国の重要文化財である。堂の周囲には板碑(いたび)、笠塔婆(かさとうば)（いずれも県文化財）をはじめ、国東(くにさき)半島に特有の国東塔など、貴重な石造物が多い。境内は国指定史跡。

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