Chūgū-ji explained

is a temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan, that was founded as a nunnery in the seventh century by Shōtoku Taishi. Located immediately to the northeast of Hōryū-ji, its statue of Miroku and Tenjukoku mandala are National Treasures.

History

Chūgūji was once the palace of Hashihito, mother of Shōtoku Taishi. After her death it was converted into a temple. It was restored and converted to a nunnery by the nun Shinnyo in the late Kamakura period.[1] [2] Originally standing three hundred metres to the east, it was moved to its present location in the Muromachi period.[3] Chūgū-ji is one of three nunneries in Yamato whose chief priestesses were imperial princesses.[4] The site of Chūgū-ji has been designated a Historic Site, and the Edo period Omotegomon has been registered as a cultural property.[5] [6]

Miroku Bosatsu

The camphor wood statue of is a National Treasure dating from the Asuka period. Formerly painted, it is finished in lacquer.[3] [7] [8] [9]

Tenjukoku Shūchō Mandala

After the death of Shōtoku Taishi in 622, his consort Tachibana-no-Oiratsume commissioned the . The embroidery of heaven and eternal life, together with one hundred tortoises and accompanying text, was restored in the Edo period by combining the surviving fragments with parts of a Kamakura period replica.[10] [11]

See also

External links

Chūgūji homepage

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lori Rachelle Meeks. Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan. 2010. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-3394-7. 293–294.
  2. Book: Bernard Faure. The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender. 10 January 2009. Princeton University Press. 978-1-4008-2561-5. 31.
  3. Book: Asuka Buddhist Art: Horyuji . 78ff . Mizuno, Seiichi . . 1974.
  4. Web site: Chuguji Temple . . 19 March 2011.
  5. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223160555/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2047 . dead . 23 December 2019 . . 19 March 2011 .
  6. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223160553/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00006042 . dead . 23 December 2019 . . 19 March 2011 .
  7. Web site: Chuguji Temple . . 19 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110304003446/http://www.pref.nara.jp/nara_e/dd_aspx_menuid-1267.htm . 4 March 2011 . dead.
  8. 3248882 . The Statue of Miroku Bosatsu of Chuguji . Moran, S. F. . . 21 . 3/4 . 1958 . 179–203. 10.2307/3248882 .
  9. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223160557/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/184 . dead . 23 December 2019 . . 19 March 2011 .
  10. Book: Asuka Buddhist Art: Horyuji . 52 . Mizuno, Seiichi . . 1974.
  11. Web site: The Tenjukoku Shucho Mandara . . 19 March 2011.

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