Honren-ji
| Honren-ji | |
|---|---|
本蓮寺 | |
Buddhist | |
| Rite | Nichiren-shū |
| Status | functional |
| Location | |
| Location | 3194 Ushimadocho Ushimado, Setouchi-shi, Okayama-ken 701-4302 |
| Country |  Japan |
  Shown within Okayama Prefecture  Honren-ji (Japan) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 34°37′0.23″N 134°9′50.63″E / 34.6167306°N 134.1640639°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Daikaku Daisōjō |
| Completed | c.1328 or 1347 |
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Honren-ji (本蓮寺) is a
History
The temple was founded in either 1338 or 1347 by Daikaku Daisōjō, the head priest of Myokenji Temple in Kyoto, who instructed Ishihara Sado-no-kami (who was of the local ruling family of Ushimado) on the Lotus Sutra). It appears in historical documents only from 1450, where it is styled the "Ushimado-ura Hokke-dō". The current Main Hall was reconstructed in 1492, and is a National Important Cultural Property,[1] as are the Middle Gate[2] and the East and West Banjin-dō chapels[3].[4] The temple gardens were designed by Kobori Enshū.
Joseon missions to Japan
Since ancient times, Ushimado prospered as a port on the
Ushimado only provided water and food during the first and second missions. For the third to the sixth missions, Honren-ji was a place of lodging for the three Korean envoys.[6] The lodging place was moved to a teahouse from the seventh mission, but the temple continued to be used by lesser members of the mission and for meetings with dignitaries from Okayama Domain. Nine scrolls of historical documents related to Korean envoys retained at the temple are designated as Okayama Prefectural Important Cultural Properties. [7] In addition, Ushimado has a tradition of Karako Odori, a folk dance which is said to have originated from the Korean envoys.
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Hondō (ICP) -
Soshi-dō (Okayama Prefectural ICP) -
Three-story Pagoda (Okayama Prefectural ICP) -
Banshin-dō (ICP) -
Middle Gate (ICP)
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See also
- List of Historic Sites of Japan (Okayama)
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Okayama)
- Joseon missions to Japan
Further reading
- Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Basingstoke, Hampshire; Macmillan. OCLC 243874305
- Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu. Stanford: OCLC 25473164
References
- ^ "本蓮寺本堂" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "本蓮寺中門" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "本蓮寺番神堂 西祠" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "本蓮寺番神堂 東祠" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "朝鮮通信使遺跡" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ Kang, Etsuko. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, p. 35.
- ^ "朝鮮通信使関係資料" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
External links
- Okayama Tourism (in Japanese)
- Journey of Setouchi City (in Japanese)
- Setouchi City home page (in Japanese)