Rinzaiji Temple

This temple is located in Oiwa, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, and is of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, Myoshinji school. Its name is Dairyuzan. Its principal image is Amida Nyorai. It was built by Imagawa Yoshimoto during the Kyoroku era (1528-32), and was originally called Zentoku-in, but in 1536 (Tenbun 5), the head priest Sessai Taigen invited Daikyu Sokyu, the teacher of Emperor Gonara, to be the founding priest, and renamed it Rinzai-ji, becoming a temple of imperial prayer. Located at the foot of Mount Shizuhata, it is famous as the temple where Tokugawa Ieyasu spent his childhood as a hostage of the Imagawa family and was educated by Sessai. It was burned down during the Tensho period (1573-1592) but was rebuilt by Ieyasu. The Hojo Garden is a three-tiered pond garden designed in the Edo period and is designated as a national place of scenic beauty. The temple treasures include a colored silk painting of the monk Daikyu, a six-panel folding screen, and the sayings of the monk Tetsuzan, which are designated as important prefectural cultural properties.

[Akira Suganuma]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

静岡市葵(あおい)区大岩にある臨済宗妙心寺派の寺。大竜山(だいりゅうざん)と号する。本尊は阿弥陀如来(あみだにょらい)。享禄(きょうろく)年間（1528～32）今川義元(よしもと)が建立、初め善得院と称したが、1536年（天文5）住職雪斎太原(せっさいたいげん)は後奈良(ごなら)天皇の師にあたる大休宗休(だいきゅうそうきゅう)を勧請(かんじょう)開山として臨済寺と改称し、天皇の勅願寺となった。賤機(しずはた)山の山麓(さんろく)にあり、徳川家康が幼少時に今川家の人質として過ごし、雪斎の教育を受けた寺として名高い。天正(てんしょう)年間（1573～92）兵火により焼失するも家康によって再興された。方丈庭園は江戸時代作庭の三段池泉回遊式庭園で国名勝に指定されている。寺宝に絹本着色大休和尚(おしょう)画像、千鳥六曲屏風(びょうぶ)、鉄山和尚語録などが県重要文化財に指定されている。

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