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[[File:Negoro.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A 1/10th scale model of Negoro-dera's ''[[tahoto|tahôtô]]'', on display at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]]]]
*''Established: [[1288]]''
*''Other Names'': 一乗山 ''(Ichijou-zan)'', 大伝法院 ''(Daiden hou in)''
*''Japanese'': 根来寺 ''(Negoro-dera, Negoro-ji)''
Negoro-dera is a major [[Shingon]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple, located in the city of Iwade, in [[Wakayama prefecture]].
The temple traces its origins to [[1130]], when the monk Kakuban<!--覚鑁--> established a temple called Denhô-in on [[Mt. Koya|Mt. Kôya]]. This temple was later moved to Hôfuku-ji in Negoro. The monk Raiyu<!--頼瑜--> relocated the temple Daiden-hôin to the Negoro site in [[1288]], reestablishing the entire site as the head temple of the Shingi school of Shingon, and renaming it Negoro-dera.
During the [[Sengoku period]], the temple became a center of [[sohei|warrior monk]] and ''[[ikki]]'' (lay religious mobs) activity. [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] [[Siege of Negoro-dera|besieged]] and destroyed the temple in [[1585]], but it was later rebuilt with the help of the [[Kishu Tokugawa|Kishû Tokugawa]].
The temple's ''[[tahoto|tahôtô]]'' ("treasure tower", a style of two-story [[pagoda]]), originally begun in [[1481]] and completed in [[1547]], is today considered a model example of the ''tahôtô'' form, and has been designated a [[National Treasure]]. It is 35.9 meters tall, and was designed in emulation of the Konpon-daitô tower built by [[Kukai|Kûkai]] on Mt. Kôya. The structure is five ''ma'' wide, with each ''ma'' (the space between pillars) being 14.9 meters. Within that square of the ground floor stands a circle of pillars, topped by a pent (false) roof, above which rises the upper sections of the tower.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Negorodera Tahôtô mokei" (Negorodera treasure tower model), National Museum of Japanese History.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A0%B9%E6%9D%A5%E5%AF%BA?dic=daijisen&oid=14267800 Negoro-ji]," Digital Daijisen, Shogakukan.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
*''Established: [[1288]]''
*''Other Names'': 一乗山 ''(Ichijou-zan)'', 大伝法院 ''(Daiden hou in)''
*''Japanese'': 根来寺 ''(Negoro-dera, Negoro-ji)''
Negoro-dera is a major [[Shingon]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple, located in the city of Iwade, in [[Wakayama prefecture]].
The temple traces its origins to [[1130]], when the monk Kakuban<!--覚鑁--> established a temple called Denhô-in on [[Mt. Koya|Mt. Kôya]]. This temple was later moved to Hôfuku-ji in Negoro. The monk Raiyu<!--頼瑜--> relocated the temple Daiden-hôin to the Negoro site in [[1288]], reestablishing the entire site as the head temple of the Shingi school of Shingon, and renaming it Negoro-dera.
During the [[Sengoku period]], the temple became a center of [[sohei|warrior monk]] and ''[[ikki]]'' (lay religious mobs) activity. [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] [[Siege of Negoro-dera|besieged]] and destroyed the temple in [[1585]], but it was later rebuilt with the help of the [[Kishu Tokugawa|Kishû Tokugawa]].
The temple's ''[[tahoto|tahôtô]]'' ("treasure tower", a style of two-story [[pagoda]]), originally begun in [[1481]] and completed in [[1547]], is today considered a model example of the ''tahôtô'' form, and has been designated a [[National Treasure]]. It is 35.9 meters tall, and was designed in emulation of the Konpon-daitô tower built by [[Kukai|Kûkai]] on Mt. Kôya. The structure is five ''ma'' wide, with each ''ma'' (the space between pillars) being 14.9 meters. Within that square of the ground floor stands a circle of pillars, topped by a pent (false) roof, above which rises the upper sections of the tower.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Negorodera Tahôtô mokei" (Negorodera treasure tower model), National Museum of Japanese History.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A0%B9%E6%9D%A5%E5%AF%BA?dic=daijisen&oid=14267800 Negoro-ji]," Digital Daijisen, Shogakukan.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]