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[[File:Jokomyoji.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Jôkyômyô-ji as it appears today]]
 
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*''Established: [[1187]], [[Giasessei|Giasessei shônin]]''
 
*''Other Names'': 松峯山 ''(shouhouzan)''
 
*''Other Names'': 松峯山 ''(shouhouzan)''
 
*''Japanese'': 浄光明寺 ''(joukoumyou ji)''
 
*''Japanese'': 浄光明寺 ''(joukoumyou ji)''
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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]]<ref>Second son of [[Hiki Yoshikazu]] and nephew of Tadahisa's mother [[Tango no tsubone]].</ref><!--宜阿説誠--> establish this temple.
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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]]<ref>Second son of [[Hiki Yoshikazu]] and nephew of Tadahisa's mother [[Tango no tsubone]].</ref><!--宜阿説誠--> 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>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "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]].
  
[[Shimazu Yoshitaka]] was later buried here, before his grave was eventually relocated to [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]].
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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 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 [[Saigo Takamori|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 [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]], which continues to be maintained today. Jôkômyô-ji was re-established at some point, and stands just outside the cemetery.
 
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 [[Saigo Takamori|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 [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]], which continues to be maintained today. Jôkômyô-ji was re-established at some point, and stands just outside the cemetery.

Revision as of 13:11, 23 September 2017

Jôkyômyô-ji as it appears today
  • 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[2] establish this temple as a family temple (bodaiji) for the Shimazu clan. Tadahisa[3] and the four succeeding heads of the family were buried at Jôkômyô-ji;[4] 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.[5]

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.
  1. Plaques on-site in Kanmachi, Kagoshima.[1]
  2. Second son of Hiki Yoshikazu and nephew of Tadahisa's mother Tango no tsubone.
  3. A grave identified as Tadahisa's can also be found in Kamakura, however.
  4. Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô 31 (2006), 237.
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