Honkokuji Temple

This is a Nichiren sect temple located in Oiwacho, Misasagi, Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City. It is one of the four main temples of the Nichiren sect. Its mountain name is Daikozan. The principal image is the Great Mandala (said to have been written by Nichiren). It is said that Nichiren's hermitage in Matsubagayatsu was moved to Kyoto by the fourth abbot, Nissei (uncle of Ashikaga Takauji), and was named Honkokuji, but there are other theories about its origin. In the Middle Ages, it was revered as one of the 21 main temples of the Lotus Sutra in the Rakuchu Hokekyo. Its lineage was called the Rokujo school. During the Tenbun Hokke Rebellion (1536), the temple was attacked by monks from Enryaku-ji Temple and reduced to ashes, but was later rebuilt. Toyotomi Hideyoshi granted the temple 177 koku of land, Hideyoshi's sister Nisshūni worked hard to expand it, and Tokugawa Mitsukuni changed the temple's name to Honkoku-ji Temple. In 1788 (Tenmei 8), the temple was hit by a major fire, and only a few things remain, including the sutra storehouse. The sutra storehouse (built by Kato Kiyomasa, a national important cultural property) that was located north of Nishi Hongan-ji Temple was moved to its current location in 1971 (Showa 46). The temple holds the Ito Hoan-e (May 12th), Matsubagatani Hoan-e (August 27th), and Oeshiki (October 12th) ceremonies.

[Tamura Kosuke]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

京都市山科(やましな)区御陵(みささぎ)大岩町にある日蓮(にちれん)宗の寺。日蓮宗四大本山の一つ。山号は大光山。本尊大曼荼羅(まんだら)（日蓮筆と伝える）。日蓮の松葉(まつば)ヶ谷(やつ)の草庵(そうあん)を第4世日静(にちじょう)（足利尊氏(あしかがたかうじ)の叔父）が京都へ移し、本国寺と称したというが、起源については異説もある。中世、洛中法華(らくちゅうほっけ)二十一本山の一寺として尊崇された。法系は六条門流とよばれた。天文(てんぶん)法華の乱（1536）に、延暦(えんりゃく)寺衆徒に攻められ灰燼(かいじん)に帰したが、のち復興された。豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉は朱印地百七十七石を与え、秀吉の姉日秀尼(にっしゅうに)が拡大に努力し、徳川光圀(みつくに)は寺号を本圀寺と改めた。1788年（天明8）大火にかかり、経蔵などわずかを残すのみとなった。西本願寺北にあった経蔵（加藤清正建立、国重要文化財）は1971年（昭和46）現在地へ移建された。伊東法難会(え)（5月12日）、松葉ヶ谷法難会（8月27日）、御会式(おえしき)（10月12日）を催す。

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