Difference between revisions of "Yanaka Tenno-ji"
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[[File:Tennoji-yanaka.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The main gate at Yanaka Tennô-ji, with the bronze Buddha and main buildings visible beyond]] | [[File:Tennoji-yanaka.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The main gate at Yanaka Tennô-ji, with the bronze Buddha and main buildings visible beyond]] | ||
| − | *''Established: | + | *''Established: c. [[1394]]-[[1427]]'' |
*''Other Names'': 長耀山感応寺 ''(Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji)'' | *''Other Names'': 長耀山感応寺 ''(Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji)'' | ||
*''Japanese'': 谷中天王寺 ''(Yanaka Tennou-ji)'' | *''Japanese'': 谷中天王寺 ''(Yanaka Tennou-ji)'' | ||
| − | Tennô-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Asakusa]], [[Tokyo]], which | + | Tennô-ji is a [[Tendai]] Buddhist temple in [[Asakusa]], [[Tokyo]], which is closely associated with the neighboring [[Yanaka Cemetery]]. It is one of only a number of temples in the city established prior to the [[Edo period]]. |
| − | + | The temple, originally known as Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji or Kannô-ji, was officially founded around [[1394]] to [[1427]], but traces its origins to a visit by [[Nichiren]] to [[Seki Nagateru]]<!--関長耀-->, the local lord, in the 13th century. Nichiren is said to have left a sculpture of himself with Seki at that time, for which Seki built a small structure to house it, thus marking the initial origins of what would later become a proper temple. | |
| − | + | Large public lotteries were held at Kannô-ji, as well as at [[Ryusen-ji|Ryûsen-ji]] in Meguro, and [[Yushima Tenjin Shrine]] in Ueno, during the Edo period. These three events thus came to be known as the "Three Lotteries." | |
| − | In the early [[Meiji period]], a portion of the temple's grounds was given over to the City of Tokyo, and made into Yanaka Cemetery. | + | In [[1698]], on the orders of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]], the temple was converted from [[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren-shû]] to Tendai; it was then renamed Gokokuzan Tennô-ji in [[1833]]. Much of the surrounding neighborhood was, during the Edo period, within the grounds of the temple. In the early [[Meiji period]], a portion of the temple's grounds was given over to the City of Tokyo, and made into Yanaka Cemetery. |
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Revision as of 11:47, 28 December 2014
- Established: c. 1394-1427
- Other Names: 長耀山感応寺 (Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji)
- Japanese: 谷中天王寺 (Yanaka Tennou-ji)
Tennô-ji is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, which is closely associated with the neighboring Yanaka Cemetery. It is one of only a number of temples in the city established prior to the Edo period.
The temple, originally known as Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji or Kannô-ji, was officially founded around 1394 to 1427, but traces its origins to a visit by Nichiren to Seki Nagateru, the local lord, in the 13th century. Nichiren is said to have left a sculpture of himself with Seki at that time, for which Seki built a small structure to house it, thus marking the initial origins of what would later become a proper temple.
Large public lotteries were held at Kannô-ji, as well as at Ryûsen-ji in Meguro, and Yushima Tenjin Shrine in Ueno, during the Edo period. These three events thus came to be known as the "Three Lotteries."
In 1698, on the orders of the shogunate, the temple was converted from Nichiren-shû to Tendai; it was then renamed Gokokuzan Tennô-ji in 1833. Much of the surrounding neighborhood was, during the Edo period, within the grounds of the temple. In the early Meiji period, a portion of the temple's grounds was given over to the City of Tokyo, and made into Yanaka Cemetery.
References
- Plaques on-site.
