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*''Japanese'': 小松寺 ''(komatsudera)''
*''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]].
Komatsu-dera is a small [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] Buddhist temple of the [[Myoshin-ji|Myôshin-ji]] branch of Rinzai, located 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.
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.
[[Ashikaga Tadauji]] stayed at Komatsu-dera for a time in [[1335]], alongside his younger brother [[Ashikaga Naoyoshi]], while journeying to the [[Kanto|Kantô]] from his Kyushu campaign. Less than five years later, the temple became an encampment for forces of the [[Northern Court]], during a 10+ day battle against [[Southern Court]] forces, based at [[Ogashima castle|Ôgashima castle]]<!--大可島城-->, fighting for control of Tomo; ultimately, the Northern court won back control of the town.
[[Ashikaga Tadauji]] stayed at Komatsu-dera for a time in [[1335]], alongside his younger brother [[Ashikaga Naoyoshi]], while journeying to the [[Kanto|Kantô]] from his Kyushu campaign. Less than five years later, the temple became an encampment for forces of the [[Northern Court]], during a 10+ day battle against [[Southern Court]] forces, based at [[Ogashima castle|Ôgashima castle]]<!--大可島城-->, fighting for control of Tomo; ultimately, the Northern court won back control of the town.
Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]] stayed at Komatsu-dera for a time as well, beginning in [[1575]], after being forced to flee [[Kyoto]] in [[1573]]. While there, he met with [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] for peace negotiations.
[[Mizuno Katsunari]] later had a Gion [[Shinto shrine|Shrine]] built on the temple grounds.
The temple was rebuilt in [[1623]] by Zen master Takuun, third abbot of Bairin-ji in [[Kurume]], and it is this building which still stands. The grounds were divided in [[1685]], and the extent of the temple's territory as it remains today dates back to that event.
The grounds include a small [[Yakushi]] [[Jizo|Jizô]] hall in which worshippers can offer prayers to stave off baldness to a statue of a haired Yakushi Jizô (a figure normally depicted as bald, or with a shaved head). Also within the grounds is a grave marker for [[Sho Dokyo|Shô Dôkyô]], a Ryukyuan musician who died in Tomonoura in [[1790]] while on the way to [[Edo]]. Though his body has been reburied in Okinawa, the historical tombstone remains. A calligraphic plaque donated to the temple in his memory by his father and grandfather in [[1796]] still hangs within the main hall; another plaque hanging in the hall bears the calligraphy of a man named Wu Taihe, but little is known about this figure.
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==References==
==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36197718554/sizes/l]
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36197718554/sizes/l]
*''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 42.
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