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*''Established: [[1175]]''
*''Japanese'': 小松寺 ''(komatsudera)''
Komatsu-dera is a small Buddhist temple in the [[Inland Sea]] port town of [[Tomonoura]], in [[Kure]] City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]]. The temple, which traces its origins to the 12th century, is notable for its connections to the [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]].
The temple is said to have its origins in the establishment in [[1175]] by [[Taira no Shigemori]] of a small worship hall for a statue of [[Amida]]. Shigemori stopped in Tomonoura on his way to [[Itsukushima Shrine]], and erected the structure, also planting a pine tree in commemoration of the event. The temple takes its name either from this "small pine" (J: ''komatsu''), or from Shigemori's honorific title, ''Komatsu daifu''. The pine, incidentally, continued to live and grow at the temple for nearly 780 years, before being felled in a typhoon in 1954.
In [[1183]], Shigemori's second son [[Taira no Sukemori]] ordered [[Taira no Sadayoshi]] to bring some of the late Shigemori's hair to Tomonoura; a five-story pagoda was erected with Shigemori's hair as the chief relic.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36197718554/sizes/l]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Japanese'': 小松寺 ''(komatsudera)''
Komatsu-dera is a small Buddhist temple in the [[Inland Sea]] port town of [[Tomonoura]], in [[Kure]] City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]]. The temple, which traces its origins to the 12th century, is notable for its connections to the [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]].
The temple is said to have its origins in the establishment in [[1175]] by [[Taira no Shigemori]] of a small worship hall for a statue of [[Amida]]. Shigemori stopped in Tomonoura on his way to [[Itsukushima Shrine]], and erected the structure, also planting a pine tree in commemoration of the event. The temple takes its name either from this "small pine" (J: ''komatsu''), or from Shigemori's honorific title, ''Komatsu daifu''. The pine, incidentally, continued to live and grow at the temple for nearly 780 years, before being felled in a typhoon in 1954.
In [[1183]], Shigemori's second son [[Taira no Sukemori]] ordered [[Taira no Sadayoshi]] to bring some of the late Shigemori's hair to Tomonoura; a five-story pagoda was erected with Shigemori's hair as the chief relic.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36197718554/sizes/l]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]