Rakanji Temple

Japanese: 羅漢寺 - らかんじ
Rakanji Temple

A Soto sect temple in Atoda, Hon'yabakeimachi, Nakatsu City, Oita Prefecture. The mountain name is Mount Girakusen. It enshrines stone arhat Buddhas. In 1338 (3rd year of Engen, 1st year of Ryakuo), Engan Shogaku saw the beautiful scenery of the huge rock caves in this area and likened it to Mount Girakusa (Mount Vulture Peak) in India, founded Chigo-ji Temple, and enshrined images of the Sixteen Arhats. In 1359 (Shohei 14, Enbun 4), the Chinese monk Gekiryu Kenjun also came to the mountain and together they created over 700 stone statues of Shaka, Manjusri, Fugen, the Ten Great Disciples, the Sixteen Arhats, the Five Hundred Arhats, the Four Heavenly Kings, and other figures, and the temple was renamed Girakkusan Rakanji. Later, Hosokawa Yoriyuki donated the Golden Relic Tower and the Suisho Relic Tower, and Zekkaichishin visited the temple and created the inscription on the tower. During the Keicho era (1596-1615), Denshuku carved a thousand Jizo statues under a large rock, and nearby is the Aonodomon Cave, which was excavated by Zenkai over a period of 30 years during the Kanpo era (1741-1744). The entire temple grounds are known for their beautiful scenery.

[Toshiaki Hirai]

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Rakan Temple


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

大分県中津(なかつ)市本耶馬渓町(ほんやばけいまち)跡田(あとだ)にある曹洞(そうとう)宗の寺。山号は耆闍崛山(ぎじゃくっせん)。羅漢石仏を祀(まつ)る。1338年(延元3・暦応1)円龕昭覚(えんがんしょうがく)がこの地の巨大な岩窟(がんくつ)のある勝景を見て、インドの耆闍崛山(霊鷲山(りょうじゅせん))になぞらえ智剛寺を開創、十六羅漢の画像を安置したのに始まる。1359年(正平14・延文4)中国僧逆流建順(げきりゅうけんじゅん)も来山し、ともに釈迦(しゃか)、文殊(もんじゅ)、普賢(ふげん)、十大弟子、十六羅漢、五百羅漢、四天王など石像700余体をつくり、耆闍崛山羅漢寺と改称した。のち細川頼之(よりゆき)が黄金舎利塔(しゃりとう)・水精(すいしょう)舎利塔を寄進し、ついで絶海中津(ぜっかいちゅうしん)が来遊してその塔銘をつくった。慶長(けいちょう)年間(1596~1615)には伝宿(でんしゅく)が大岩石の下に千体地蔵を彫り、また付近には寛保(かんぽう)年間(1741~44)に禅海(ぜんかい)が30年を費やして開削した青(あお)ノ洞門(どうもん)がある。寺域一帯は風光明媚(めいび)で知られる。

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