Ikegami Honmon-ji
Ikegami Honmon-ji | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Nichiren Buddhism[1] |
Location | |
Location | 1-1-1, Ikegami, Ōta-ku Tokyo 146-8576 |
Country | Japan |
Architecture | |
Founder | Nichiren |
Completed | 1282 |
Website | |
Ikegami Honmon Temple |
Ikegami Honmon-ji (
A short walk from Ikegami Station (Tōkyū Ikegami Line) or Nishi-Magome Station (Toei Asakusa Line), Ikegami Honmon-ji contains a number of buildings, most of which have been reconstructed since the bombing of 15 March 1945. They include the Important Cultural Property designated five-storey pagoda built in 1608, the kyōzō (
Now in Ōta-ku, suburban Tokyo, Ikegami Honmon-ji was at some distance from the city until the mid-20th century. Basil Hall Chamberlain and W. B. Mason wrote of it in 1907: "Its fine situation and magnificent timber make it one of the most attractive points within easy reach of Tōkyō."[3]
The area between the station and the temple hosts a large festival, O-Eshiki (お
See also[edit]
- For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism. Also, a memorial tablet for the sinking of the American warship USS Oneida (1861) which was rammed and sank outside Yokohama by the British steamer Bombay on 24 January 1870, with a loss of 125 people, was placed at the temple in May 1889, after a Buddhist ceremony was held in memory of the lost sailors.
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Honmon-ji (
本門寺 )". Kokushi Daijiten (国史 大 辞典 ) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-04-20. - ^ Daniel B. Montgomery, Fire in the Lotus , page 150
- ^ Basil Hall Chamberlain and W. B. Mason, A Handbook for Travellers in Japan, 8th ed. (London: John Murray, 1907), 138.
External links[edit]
- Ikegami Honmon-ji history and description
- [1] 150 worshippers playing hand drums simultaneously while chanting Nammyo Horen Geikyo from The Internet Archive
- USS Oneida (1861) Sinking of the USS Oneida (1861).
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