Dōjō-ji

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Dōjō-ji
道成寺
Dojoji Gobo Wakayama10n4272.jpg
Hondō (1357) and Three-storey pagoda (1763)
Religion
AffiliationTendai
DeitySenjū Kannon
Location
Location1738 Kanemaki, Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture
CountryJapan
Architecture
Completed701
Website
www.dojoji.com

Dōjō-ji (道成寺) is a Tendai school Buddhist temple in Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 701, it has given name to a number of plays, the statues of Senjū Kannon, Nikkō Bosatsu, and Gakkō Bosatsu are National Treasures, and there are a number of other Important Cultural Properties.[1][2]

Buildings[]

  • Hondō (1357); 7x5 bay, single-storey, irimoya-zukuri, tiled roof; (Important Cultural Property)[3]
  • Niōmon (1694); 3 bay, single-door rōmon, irimoya-zukuri, tiled roof; (Important Cultural Property)[4]
  • Three-storey pagoda (1763) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)[5]
  • Shoin (1702) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)[5]

Treasures[]

Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (Heian period) (National Treasure)
Dōjō-ji Engi emaki (Muromachi period); Important Cultural Property

Anchin and Kiyohime[]

Dōjōji, Noh play

The story of the monk Anchin (安珍) and his spurned lover Kiyohime (清姫) who, devoured by her passion and jealousy, turns into a serpent and pursues him to his destruction, is the subject of the Noh play Dōjōji, known for the rare prominence of its dramatic prop, the temple bell;[16][17] as well as the Kabuki play Musume Dōjōji with its long onnagata buyō.[18]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dojoji Temple". Hidakagawa Town. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Dojoji". Wakayama Prefecture. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Wakayama bunkazai". Wakayama Prefecture. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  12. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b "Wakayama bunkazai". Wakayama Prefecture. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  14. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  15. ^ Waters, Virginia Skord (1997). "Sex, Lies, and the Illustrated Scroll: The Dojoji Engi Emaki". Monumenta Nipponica. Sophia University. 52 (1): 59–84. doi:10.2307/2385487.
  16. ^ Keene, Donald (1970). 20 Plays of the Nō Theatre. Columbia University Press. pp. 238–252. ISBN 0-231-03455-5.
  17. ^ Klein, Susan Blakeley (1991). "When the Moon Strikes the Bell: Desire and Enlightenment in the Noh Play Dojoji". Journal of Japanese Studies. The Society for Japanese Studies. 17 (2): 291–322. doi:10.2307/132744.
  18. ^ "Kabuki repertoire - Kyoganako musume dojoji". National Theatre of Japan. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

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Coordinates: 33°54′52″N 135°10′28″E / 33.91444°N 135.17444°E / 33.91444; 135.17444

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