Rokuoin Temple

This temple is located in Saga Kitabori-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, and is of the Tenryu-ji school of the Rinzai sect. Its name is Kakuyuzan. Its principal image is Shaka Nyorai. In 1380 (Tenju 6, Kōryaku 2), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu founded Kosho-ji Temple, with Shun'oku Myōha as its founder, and built a Kaisan-do Hall behind the temple, calling it Rokuo-in. The temple was later renamed Hodō-ji Temple, and in 1385 (Genchū 2, Shitoku 2), it was ranked fifth among the Ten Temples of Kyoto, but was eventually abandoned, and only Rokuo-in was rebuilt in 1667 (Kanbun 7). The main hall houses the Shaka Nyorai statue and the Ten Great Disciples, both of which are said to have been made by Unkei, and the Shariden Hall houses the Buddha's tooth relic, which is said to have been brought from Song by Minamoto no Sanetomo.Other important cultural properties include two colored silk paintings of Muso Kokushi, a silk ink painting of Shaka Departing from the Mountain, a paper ink painting of Ranseki, and Muso Soseki's "Rinko Shiki."

[Toshiaki Hirai]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

京都市右京区嵯峨(さが)北堀(きたぼり)町にある臨済(りんざい)宗天竜寺派の寺。覚雄山(かくゆうざん)と号する。本尊は釈迦如来(しゃかにょらい)。1380年（天授6・康暦2）足利義満(あしかがよしみつ)が春屋妙葩(しゅんおくみょうは)を開山として興聖(こうしょう)寺を創建し、寺後に開山堂を建てて鹿王院と称したのに始まる。寺はのち宝幢(ほうどう)寺と改称し、1385年（元中2・至徳2）には京都十刹(じっせつ)の第五位に列したが、ついに廃絶となり、1667年（寛文7）鹿王院のみ再興された。本堂には運慶の作と伝える本尊釈迦如来像および十大弟子像など、また舎利(しゃり)殿には源実朝(さねとも)が宋(そう)から将来したと伝える仏牙舎利(ぶつげしゃり)を安置する。そのほか、絹本着色夢窓(むそう)国師像二幅、絹本墨画出山釈迦像、紙本墨画蘭石(らんせき)図、夢窓疎石(そせき)筆『臨幸私記』などの国重要文化財を蔵する。

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