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安祥寺

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Basic Meaning: Anshōji

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  • A Kogi-sect Shingon temple in Kyoto. In 848, Fujiwara Junko, the wife of Emperor Junnin, made a vow and had Eun 慧運, a Shingon monk, begin work on Anjōji. Originally, the temple was divided into upper and lower temples; however, the upper section is no longer extant. In 851, seven monks took up residence at Anshōji, which was then admitted to the state temple system as a Jōgakuji 定額寺 in 855. Due to Fujiwara Junko`s largesse, the temple enjoyed a large estate and prospered in the Heian period. During the medieval period, Jōganji was associated with the Ono school of Shingon. Much of the temple was destroyed in the Onin wars, but even before then, the upper temple seems to have fallen into disuse. The Edo period ushered in a period of reconstruction for the lower temple. Anjōji was once home to icons of the five wisdom Buddhas 五智如來 of the vajra world maṇḍala, which are today housed in the Kyoto National Museum. They are thought to have been originally installed in the pagoda in the lower temple and to have been completed c. 848. [h.blair, c.bogel]
  • 〔東域傳燈目錄 T 2183.55.1149b17〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 22

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 14c

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ①69b

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 12

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)84b,261b

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2003-01-20