Kiyomizu-dera (Isumi, Chiba)

Kiyomizu-dera 清水寺
Kiyomizu-dera, Isumi, Chiba Prefecture
Religion
Affiliation	Tendai
Location
Location	1270 Kamone, Misaki-machi, Isumi, Chiba Prefecture
Country	Japan
Architecture
Founder	Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
Completed	9th century (traditionally)
Website
http://www.kiyomizudera.info/

Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Isumi in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. According to an alternate reading of the name in Japanese, the temple is also referred to as Seisui-ji, and is commonly known as the Kiyomizu Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is the 32nd temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, or the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to bodhisattva Kannon.

According to legend, Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the Heian period by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, the first shōgun. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, closely associated with the construction of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, reputedly built the Isumi temple as a replica of the well-known Kyoto temple of the same name. Nearly all temple structures of the Heian period were destroyed by fire at some time in the Muromachi period between 1469-148, and today few Heian period remnants are extant. The present hon-dō (Main Hall) was reconstructed between 1688 and 1703.

Structures[]

Hon-dō

• Bell tower
• Okuin-dō
• Shi Tennō-mon
• Niōmon

Order in Buddhist Pilgrimages[]

Bandō Sanjūsankasho

31 Kasamori-ji　--　32 Kiyomizu-dera (Isumi, Chiba) 　--　33 Nago-dera

Sources[]

• "Enpuku-ji". Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系 “Compendium of Japanese Historical Place Names”). Tokyo: Netto Adobansusha. 2010. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
• Chiba-ken Kōtō Gakkō Kyōiku Kenkyūkai. Rekishi Bukai. (1989). Chiba-ken no rekishi sanpo (千葉県の歴史散步 "A Walk of Chiba Prefecture's History"). Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha. ISBN 978-4-634-29120-1.

External links[]

• Otowasan Kiyomizu-dera (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°17′24.5″N 140°21′22.8″E / 35.290139°N 140.356333°E / 35.290139; 140.356333