Unganji Temple

Japanese: 雲巌寺 - うんがんじ
Unganji Temple

This is a Rinzai sect Myoshinji temple located in Unganji, Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture. The mountain name is Tozan. In 1281 (4th year of Koan), Takamine Kennichi (Bukkoku Kokushi) practiced asceticism in a hermitage here, but in 1283, the regent Hojo Tokimune built a large Zen temple, so Kennichi invited his teacher Mugaku Sogen (Bukko Kokushi) to be the founder, and he himself became the first abbot. Taihei Myojun (Butsou Zenshi) then became the second abbot, and these three zen masters are called the "Three Buddha Founders of Unganji." In 1590 (Tensho 18), the temple was burned down by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but Muju Myotoku rebuilt it. Currently, the temple has a mountain gate (the oldest in the temple), a Buddhist hall, a hojo, a kuri (kitchen quarters), and a specialized training hall. The temple treasures, the portraits of Bukkoku Kokushi and Butso Zenshi, are designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan.

[Akira Suganuma]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

栃木県大田原(おおたわら)市雲岩寺(うんがんじ)にある臨済(りんざい)宗妙心寺派の寺。山号は東山(とうざん)。1281年(弘安4)高峰顕日(こうほうけんにち)(仏国国師)がこの地に草庵(そうあん)を結んで修行していたが、83年に執権の北条時宗(ときむね)が一大禅院を建立したので、顕日は師の無学祖元(むがくそげん)(仏光国師)を招請して開山とし、自らは第1世となった。ついで太平妙準(たいへいみょうじゅん)(仏応禅師)が第2世となったので、この3禅師を「雲巌寺の三仏開山」という。1590年(天正18)豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉によって伽藍(がらん)を焼かれたが、無住妙徳(むじゅうみょうとく)が再興。現在、山門(寺内最古)、仏殿、方丈、庫裡(くり)のほか専門道場がある。寺宝の仏国国師画像、仏応禅師画像は国の重要文化財に指定されている。

[菅沼 晃]

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