Futaiji Temple

This Shingon Ritsu temple is located in Horen-cho, Nara City. Its correct name is Futaitenpo-rin-ji Temple, commonly known as Narihiradera Temple. The mountain name is Kinryu-san. The principal image is the Bodhisattva Kannon. According to temple legend, this place was originally the Kaya palace of Emperor Heizei, and his grandson Ariwara no Narihira is said to have enshrined a statue of the Bodhisattva Kannon that he had made himself at the command of Emperor Ninmyo and founded the temple in 847 (Jowa 14). In 860 (Jogan 2), Emperor Seiwa donated rice fields to protect the temple. The history of the temple after that is unknown, but the temple grounds contain important national cultural properties such as the main hall, which was built in the early Muromachi period, the south gate (a gabled, four-legged gate) with an inscription dated 1317, and the pagoda, which is believed to have been built around the same time. There are also temple treasures such as a wooden standing statue of Shokannon and statues of the Five Great Wisdom Kings (both national important cultural properties).

[Mizutani Rui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

奈良市法蓮(ほうれん)町にある真言(しんごん)律宗の寺。正しくは不退転法輪寺(ふたいてんぽうりんじ)、通称業平寺(なりひらでら)という。山号は金竜(きんりゅう)山。本尊は聖観音菩薩(しょうかんのんぼさつ)。寺伝によれば、この地はもと平城(へいぜい)天皇の萱(かや)の御所(ごしょ)で、その孫にあたる在原業平(ありわらのなりひら)が仁明(にんみょう)天皇の命により自作の聖観音像を安置して、847年（承和14）に寺を開創したといわれている。860年（貞観2）に清和(せいわ)天皇が水田を施入して保護している。その後の沿革は不明だが、境内には室町初期建立の本堂、正和(しょうわ)6年（1317）建立墨書銘をもつ南門（切妻造の四脚門）、同じころ建立と推定される多宝塔など国重要文化財がある。木造聖観音立像、同五大明王像（ともに国重文）などの寺宝がある。

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