is a

Shingon is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asian Buddhism. It is a form of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism and is sometimes called "Tōmitsu" (東密 lit. "Esoteric uddhismof Tō- ...

temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

in Kōchi,

Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tok ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. Temple 31 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Monju Bosatsu. The temple is said to have been founded by

Gyōki was a Japanese Buddhist priest of the Nara period, born in Ōtori county, Kawachi Province (now Sakai, Osaka), the son of Koshi no Saichi. According to one theory, one of his ancestors was of Korean descent. Gyōki became a monk at Asuka-d ...

in the early eighth century. The temple houses a number of important sculptures and its late

Edo-period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

gardens are a

Natural Monument A natural monument is a natural or cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities, or cultural significance. They can be natural geological and geographical features such as w ...

Buildings

Hondō Main hall or Main Temple is the building within a Japanese Buddhist monastery compound ('' garan'') which enshrines the main object of veneration.Kōjien Japanese dictionary Because the various denominations deliberately use different terms, thi ...

, late

Muromachi period The , also known as the , is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate ( or ), which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi ...

, 5x5

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

, single storey, with a hip-and-gable shingle roof ( Important Cultural Property) * Reception hall,

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

( Prefectural Cultural Property) *

Sanmon A or is the most important mon of a Japanese Zen Buddhist temple, and is part of the Zen '' shichidō garan'', the group of buildings that forms the heart of a Zen Buddhist temple.JAANUS It can be often found in temples of other denominations ...

* Five-storey pagoda *

Shōrō The two main types of bell tower in Japan The or is the bell tower of a Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temple in Japan, housing the temple's . It can also be found at some Shinto shrines which used to function as temples (see article ' ...

* Daishidō

Treasures

* Wooden pentad of Monju Bosatsu (late

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means in Japanese. It is a ...

) ( ICP) * Standing wooden statue of

Amida Nyorai Amida can mean : Places and jurisdictions * Amida (Mesopotamia), now Diyarbakır, an ancient city in Asian Turkey; it is (nominal) seat of: ** The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Amida ** The Latin titular Metropolitan see of Amida of the Ro ...

(late Heian period) (ICP) * Standing wooden statues of Tamonten and Zōjōten (late Heian period) (ICP) * Seated wooden statue of Yakushi (late Heian period) (ICP) * Standing wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (late Heian period) (ICP) * Seated wooden statue of

Shaka Nyorai Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was ...

(late Heian period) (ICP) * Standing wooden statue of Seishi Bosatsu (late Heian period) (ICP) * Wooden statue of Daiitoku Myōō seated on a cow (

Kamakura period The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G ...

) (ICP) * Seated wooden statue of Aizen Myōō (Kamakura period) (ICP) * Standing wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (Kamakura period) (ICP) * Seated wooden statue of

(Kamakura period) (ICP) * Standing wooden statue of Byakue Kannon (

) (ICP) * Standing wooden statue of Batō Kannon (Muromachi period) (ICP) * Seated wooden statue of

Dainichi Nyorai Vairocana (from Sanskrit: Vi+rocana, "from the sun" or "belonging to the sun", "Solar", or "Shining"), also known as Mahāvairocana (Great Vairocana), is a major Buddhahood, Buddha from Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. Vairocana is often interpret ...

(Muromachi period) (ICP) * Kakebotoke with seated Monju Bosatsu (1654) (Prefectural Cultural Property) * Temple bell (1284) (Prefectural Cultural Property)

References

External links

*
Chikurinji homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chikurin-ji (Kochi) Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Japan Buddhist temples in Kōchi Prefecture Important Cultural Properties of Japan Temples of Shingon-shū Chisan-ha Temples of Mañjuśrī Shikoku Pilgrimage Sites

Buildings

Treasures

See also

References

External links