Kannon-in

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Kannon-in
観音院
Garden of Kannon-in
Religion
AffiliationTendai Buddhism
DeityShōkannon
Location
Location162 Uemachi, Tottori, Tottori Prefecture
CountryJapan
Kannon-in is located in Tottori Prefecture
Kannon-in
Kannon-in
Kannon-in is located in Japan
Kannon-in
Kannon-in (Japan)
Geographic coordinates35°29′45.92″N 134°14′29.58″E / 35.4960889°N 134.2415500°E / 35.4960889; 134.2415500
Architecture
Completed1632
Website
www.kannon.org/jiin/01/36/index.htm
Sho-in study hall
Garden of Kannon-in
Hondō
main hall of Kannon-in
Sanmon gates of Kannon-in

Kannon-in (観音院, Kannon-in), formally known as Fudarakusan Jigen-ji Kannon-in (補陀落山慈眼寺観音院), is a

Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Kannon-in was built early in the Edo period (1603 – 1868) and is noted for its Edo-style Japanese garden.[1]

History

Founding

Kannon-in built in the early Edo period and its history is closely related to that of the

daimyō of Okayama Domain in Bizen Province and lord of Okayama Castle, died at a young age and was succeeded by his 3 year old son Ikeda Mitsunaka (池田光仲) (1630 – 1693). The Tokugawa shogunate named the infant Mitsunaka daimyō of Tottori Domain in Hōki and Inaba provinces.[2] In 1632, soon after Mitsunaka's accession to the position of daimyō, Senden (専伝), the fourth chief priest of Kōchin-ji in the present-day Okayama, sent his disciple Gōben to build a temple for the Ikeda clan. Senden ordered Gōben to build the temple in the scenic Kuritani area of present-day Tottori City,[3] and charged him with building prayer temple for the veneration of the Shōkanzeon Bosatsu (聖観世音菩薩), or Kannon Bodhisattva.[1] The temple was named Kannon-in. A statue of the Kannon Bodhisattva, reputably carved from rock from the mountain of Tottori Castle by the Gyōki (668 – 749), a Buddhist priest of the Nara period, was bestowed on the temple.[4]

Move to Uemachi site

In 1639 the temple was moved to its present location in the Uemachi of present-day Tottori City to serve as a temple for the use of the Tottori Domain. Mitsunaka was deeply devoted to the Kannon Bodhisattva, and became a patron of the temple.[1] At this time the extensive {{nihongo|[[shichidō garan|伽藍}} temple complex Kannon-in was planned and built,[1] including its well-known garden. At this time Kannon-in was formally renamed Fudarakusan Jigen-ji Kannon-in.[3] Mitsunaka's oldest son, the second lord of the Tottori Domain, named Kannon-in a kiganji (祈願寺) prayer temple.[5] The temple attained the high status of one of the eight prayer temples (八ヶ寺, hachigatera) of the domain, a status it would retain throughout the Edo period.[3]

Later history

After the abolition of the

han system Kannon-in ceased to be a temple under the patronage of the Ikeda clan, and the temple lost its rice stipend and any form of monetary support. Soon after local adherents of Kannon-in took over the financial support of the temple, support that continues to the present.[1] The Kannon-in garden was designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government in 1937.[6]

Garden of Kannon-in

The garden of Kannon-in was built is an example of an Edo period Japanese garden in the Chisenkanshō-shiki teien (池泉観賞式庭園) style,

Meiji period.[3]

Branch temples

Kannon-in has two branch temples.

Transportation

  • 8 minutes by taxi from
    Sanin Main Line
  • 4 minute walk from the Yamanote Kaikan-mae Stop (山の手会館前), Kururi Bus Line (くる梨) Red Course (赤コース) from Tottori Station

See also

Order in Buddhist pilgrimage

Kannon-in is the 32nd of the

Chūgoku Region of western Japan from Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane and Tottori prefectures.[1][9]

Preceded by
Mani-ji
(special)
 Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage
Kannon-in
#32 		Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 補陀落山 慈眼寺 観音院(in Japanese)
  2. ^ "Ikeda Mitsunaka". Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2011. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  3. ^ a b c d e 補陀絡山慈眼寺観音院(in Japanese)
  4. ^ a b "Kannnon-in". Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系 ) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  5. ^ "Ikeda Tsunakiyo". Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2011. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  6. ^ Tottori City Sightseeing: Kannon-in Garden
  7. ^ Chisen Kanshoushiki Teien
  8. ^ [1](in Japanese)
  9. ^ 名刹古刹37ヶ寺中国観音霊場とは(in Japanese)

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