Ishite-ji explained

is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is Temple 51 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage. Its name means Stone Hand Temple (石手寺). Seven of its structures have been designated National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties.

History

The temple of Annoyō-ji was founded by Gyōki, and converted from a Hossō to a Shingon temple by Kūkai. Rebuilt by the ruler of Iyo Province in the eighth century, many of the temple buildings were destroyed by the Chōsokabe in the sixteenth century. The aetiology sees the temple's name changed to Ishite-ji or stone-hand temple after the tightly-clenched hand of the newborn son of the lord of Iyo Province was opened by a priest from the Annoyō-ji to reveal a stone inscribed "Emon Saburō is reborn".^[1]

Buildings

• (1318) (National Treasure)^{[2] [3]}
• (late Kamakura period) (Important Cultural Property)^{[4] [5]}
• (late Kamakura period) (ICP)^{[6] [7]}
• (late Kamakura period) (ICP)^{[8] [9]}
• (1333) (ICP)^{[10] [11]}
• (Nanboku-chō period) (ICP)^{[12] [13]}

Treasures

• (late Kamakura Period) (Important Cultural Property)^{[14] [15]}
• (1251) (ICP)^{[16] [17]}
• Inscription of 1567 telling the legend of Emon Saburō^[18]
• Casket housing the eponymous stone.^[18]

See also

• Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
• Kūkai
• List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)

References

• Banzai, Mayumi. (1973). A Pilgrimage to the 88 Temples in Shikoku Island. Tokyo: Kodansha. OCLC 969829
• Miyata, Taisen. (2006). The 88 Temples of Shikoku Island, Japan. Los Angeles: Koyasan Buddhist Temple. OCLC 740530179
• Reader, Ian. (2005). Making Pilgrimages: Meaning and Practice in Shikoku. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ; OCLC 56050925

Notes and References

1. Book: The 88 Temples of Shikoku Island, Japan (vid. pp. 102f.) . Miyata, Taisen . Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles . 2006.
2. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 21 March 2011.
3. Web site: Ishiteji Niōmon . . 20 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723083929/http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1177337_1047.html . 23 July 2011 .
4. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 21 March 2011.
5. Web site: Ishiteji Sanjūnotō . . 20 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723084003/http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1177350_1047.html . 23 July 2011 .
6. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 21 March 2011.
7. Web site: Ishiteji Hondō . . 20 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723084100/http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1177346_1047.html . 23 July 2011 .
8. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 21 March 2011.
9. Web site: Ishiteji Kariteimotendō . . 20 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723084130/http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1177354_1047.html . 23 July 2011 .
10. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 21 March 2011.
11. Web site: Ishiteji Shōrō . . 20 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723084229/http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1177352_1047.html . 23 July 2011 .
12. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 21 March 2011.
13. Web site: Ishiteji Gomadō . . 20 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723084245/http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1177358_1047.html . 23 July 2011 .
14. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 21 March 2011.
15. Web site: Ishiteji Gorintō . . 20 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723084253/http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1177353_1047.html . 23 July 2011 .
16. Web site: Ishiteji bell . . 20 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723084331/http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1175992_1047.html . 23 July 2011 .
17. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 20 April 2011.
18. Book: Making Pilgrimages: Meaning and Practice in Shikoku . 60f . Reader, Ian . . 2005 . 978-0-8248-2907-0.