This is the film by Ohenro Index.
Ohenro is the pilgrimage visiting 88 temples in Shikoku (island in west Japan.)
We hope this film help your pilgrimage and travel in Japan.
And hopefully attract who has interests in Japan tourism and pilgrimage.
#44 Daiho-ji
The path from No. 43 Akashiji Temple is about 80 km, and there are many difficult passages to cross.
It is a sacred place that requires a grueling ``pilgrimage'' that takes over 20 hours to walk.
Located at an altitude of 579m surrounded by the Shikoku Mountains,
It is located in the middle of the 88 sacred sites in Shikoku and is called the ``Nakafudasho.''
The history of Daiho-ji Temple dates back to the Yamato Imperial Court era.
A holy monk who came to Korea from Baekje brought an eleven-faced Kannon statue and placed it in this mountain.
In the Asuka period, brothers Myojin Ukyo and Hayato, hunters from Aki (Hiroshima), found an eleven-faced Kannon statue in the sedge grass and built a hermitage to enshrine it.
When Emperor Monmu (reigned 697-707) heard this presentation, he immediately issued an imperial order to build a temple, which he named ``Daho-ji'' after the name of the era.
Approximately 120 years later, Kobo Daishi visited this temple in 822, practiced esoteric Buddhism, and designated it as a sacred temple in Shikoku, and took this opportunity to change the sect from the Tendai sect to the Shingon sect.
Later, in 1152, the entire mountain was burnt down, but Emperor Goshirakawa (reigned 1155-58) prayed for recovery from illness and rebuilt the temple. There were 48 monks in total.
After that, it was burnt down again in the war, and was rebuilt in the Edo period with donations from the Matsuyama feudal lord, and in the middle of the Edo period, it became a prayer place for the Matsudaira family, but in 1887 it burned down for the third time, and it was destined to struggle against fire. It is also a Buddhist temple.
●Point to watch around
Shinto and Buddhist syncretism, main hall, Happiness Kannon statue (located behind the reception hall, Kannon stands over 2m tall, wears a long kimono, and has a benevolent face, holding a water bottle in his left hand.)
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This is the film by Ohenro Index.
Ohenro is the pilgrimage visiting 88 temples in Shikoku (island in west Japan.)
We hope this film help your pilgrimage and travel in Japan.
And hopefully attract who has interests in Japan tourism and pilgrimage.
お遍路八十八霊場と結願後の第一札所・霊山寺のお礼参りおよび高野山・奥ノ院の合計九十寺をお参りする動画です。
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●大寶寺
四十三番明石寺からの道のりは約80㎞と遠く、峠越えの難所が続く。
歩けば20時間を超す「遍路ころがし」過酷な霊場である。
四国山地に囲まれた標高579mに位置し、
四国霊場八十八ヶ所のちょうど半ばに当たり「中札所」といわれる。
そんな大寶寺の歴史はまず、大和朝廷時代に遡る。
百済から来朝した聖僧が、携えてきた十一面観音像をこの山中に安置していた。
飛鳥時代になって安芸（広島）からきた明神右京、隼人という兄弟の狩人が、菅草のなかにあった十一面観音像を見つけ、草庵を結んでこの尊像を祀った。
ときの文武天皇（在位697〜707）はこの奏上を聞き、さっそく勅命を出して寺院を建立、元号にちなんで「大寶寺」と号し、創建された。
約120年後にこの寺を訪れた弘法大師が弘仁13年（822）、密教を修法されて、四国霊場の中札所と定められ、これを機に天台宗だった宗派を真言宗に改めた。
その後1152年、全山が焼失したが、後白河天皇（在位1155〜58）が病気平癒を祈願し伽藍を再建し、勅使を遣わして妹宮を住職に任じて勅願寺とし、盛時には山内に48坊を数えるほどであった。
その後兵乱でで再び焼失、江戸期に松山藩主の寄進で復興し、江戸中期には松平家の祈願所にもなったが、さらに明治7年には3度目の全焼、火災との苦闘を宿命にした寺でもある。
大寶寺の見どころ
神仏習合・本堂・しあわせ観音像（客殿の裏にあり、身の丈2m余、長い袂着物姿で、左手に水瓶をもつ慈悲深いお顔の観音さま。）
30 май 2024
