Yakuo-ji (Minami, Tokushima)

Yakuo-ji or Yakuō-ji (Yakuo Temple) (Japanese: 薬王寺やくおうじ) is a Koyasan Shingon temple in Minami, Kaifu District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple # 23 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage. The main image is of Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru: "King of Medicine Master and Lapis Lazuli Light").

History

The temple was constructed during Emperor Shōmu's reign.
In the Bunji (文治ぶんじ) era, the temple was destroyed by fire.
Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇ごだいごてんのう) (1288 – 1339) ordered the temple to be rebuilt.
The main hall was rebuilt in 1908.^[1]^[2]

Cultural properties

The sculpture of Kōbō-Daishi and the Star Mandala (Navagraha) in the temple were designated tangible cultural property of Minami by the Minami Board of Education on November 27, 2015.^[3]

References

^ Miyata, Taisen (2006). The 88 Temples of Shikoku Island, Japan. Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles.
^ Miyazaki, Tateki (2004). Shikoku henro hitori aruki dōgyō-ninin. Matsuyama.
^ "薬王寺やくおうじの宝物ほうもつを町まち文化財ぶんかざいに美波みなみ町まち教委きょうい、合併がっぺい後ご初はつの指定してい【徳島とくしまニュース】- 徳島新聞社とくしましんぶんしゃ".

Sources

四国八十八箇所しこくはちじゅうはっかしょ霊場れいじょう会かい編へん『先達せんだつ教典きょうてん』 2006年ねん

External links

薬王寺やくおうじ
第だい23番ばん札所ふだしょ医王山いおうぜん無量むりょう寿ことぶき院いん薬王寺やくおうじ（四国しこく八はち十じゅう八はちヶ所かしょ霊場れいじょう会かい公式こうしき）

[1] Miyata, Taisen (2006). The 88 Temples of Shikoku Island, Japan. Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles.

[2] Miyazaki, Tateki (2004). Shikoku henro hitori aruki dōgyō-ninin. Matsuyama.

[3] "薬王寺やくおうじの宝物ほうもつを町まち文化財ぶんかざいに美波みなみ町まち教委きょうい、合併がっぺい後ご初はつの指定してい【徳島とくしまニュース】- 徳島新聞社とくしましんぶんしゃ".

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