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Shôhô-zan Jôkômyô-ji is a [[Jishu|Ji sect]] Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]], a branch temple of Tôtaku-zan [[Jokomyo-ji|Jôkômyô-ji]] in [[Kamakura]]. It was one of the Three Temples of Kagoshima (''mi-ke-dera'', 三ヶ寺), along with [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] and [[Dairyu-ji|Dairyû-ji]].<ref>Plaques on-site in Kanmachi, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066879717/sizes/h/]</ref> | Shôhô-zan Jôkômyô-ji is a [[Jishu|Ji sect]] Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]], a branch temple of Tôtaku-zan [[Jokomyo-ji|Jôkômyô-ji]] in [[Kamakura]]. It was one of the Three Temples of Kagoshima (''mi-ke-dera'', 三ヶ寺), along with [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] and [[Dairyu-ji|Dairyû-ji]].<ref>Plaques on-site in Kanmachi, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066879717/sizes/h/]</ref> | ||
| − | When [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] was named ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]] in [[1187]], he had the monk [[Giasessei|Giasessei shônin]] | + | When [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] was named ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]] in [[1187]], he had the monk [[Giasessei|Giasessei shônin]] establish this temple as a family temple (''[[bodaiji]]'') for the [[Shimazu clan]]. Tadahisa<ref>A grave identified as Tadahisa's can also be found in [[Kamakura]], however.</ref> and the four succeeding heads of the family were buried at Jôkômyô-ji;<ref name=satsuyu>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 237.</ref> [[Shimazu Yoshitaka]] ([[1675]]-[[1747]]; 21st family head) was also buried here, before his grave was eventually relocated to [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]]. |
The temple remained closely associated with the Shimazu clan throughout the [[Edo period]], and [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] officials visiting or resident in Kagoshima regularly paid formal visits to Jôkômyô-ji, as well as to [[Nansen-in]] and Fukushô-ji.<ref name=satsuyu/> | The temple remained closely associated with the Shimazu clan throughout the [[Edo period]], and [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] officials visiting or resident in Kagoshima regularly paid formal visits to Jôkômyô-ji, as well as to [[Nansen-in]] and Fukushô-ji.<ref name=satsuyu/> | ||
Latest revision as of 02:02, 29 September 2017
- Established: 1187, Giasessei shônin
- Other Names: 松峯山 (shouhouzan)
- Japanese: 浄光明寺 (joukoumyou ji)
Shôhô-zan Jôkômyô-ji is a Ji sect Buddhist temple in Kagoshima, a branch temple of Tôtaku-zan Jôkômyô-ji in Kamakura. It was one of the Three Temples of Kagoshima (mi-ke-dera, 三ヶ寺), along with Fukushô-ji and Dairyû-ji.[1]
When Shimazu Tadahisa was named shugo of Satsuma, Ôsumi, and Hyûga provinces in 1187, he had the monk Giasessei shônin establish this temple as a family temple (bodaiji) for the Shimazu clan. Tadahisa[2] and the four succeeding heads of the family were buried at Jôkômyô-ji;[3] Shimazu Yoshitaka (1675-1747; 21st family head) was also buried here, before his grave was eventually relocated to Fukushô-ji.
The temple remained closely associated with the Shimazu clan throughout the Edo period, and Ryukyuan officials visiting or resident in Kagoshima regularly paid formal visits to Jôkômyô-ji, as well as to Nansen-in and Fukushô-ji.[3]
The temple was destroyed in the 1863 bombardment of Kagoshima by the British Royal Navy, and was abolished amid the haibutsu kishaku anti-Buddhism policies of the first years of the Meiji period. In 1877, Iwamura Michitoshi saw to it that Saigô Takamori and a number of his men killed in the Satsuma Rebellion were buried at the former site of the temple, thus establishing the Nanshû Cemetery, which continues to be maintained today. Jôkômyô-ji was re-established at some point, and stands just outside the cemetery.
References
- Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 80-81.
