Henro 35

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Temple 35 . Kiyotaki-Ji 清瀧寺 / 清滝寺
きよたきじ


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高知県土佐市高岡町５６８－１
電話　　０８８－８５２－０３１６

Temple Song:
すむみづを　くめばこころの　きよたきじ
なみのはなちる　いわのはごろも





Iozan 医王山(いおうざん) Mountain of the Medicine Deity
Yakushi Nyorai


Photo: 青木淳

The Statue of Yakushi Nyorai had been carved by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu in 723.
He called the temple 影山密院釈本寺.
The founding was on behalf of Emperess Gensho.

. Empress Gensho Tenno 元正天皇
and Yakushi Nyorai　薬師如来 .


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source :　中国地方の仏閣　　


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Kiyotakiji - Clean Waterfall Temple
The temple was founded by Gyōgi (Gyoki) in the early 8th century and originally named Keizan-mitsuin Taku-mokuji 影山密院釈本寺. Gyōgi is also credited with carving the honzon and it is now considered a National Treasure. A century later Kōbō Daishi visited the temple and after seven days of austerities brought forth a clear stream of water from the ground. The water formed a mirror-like pond so the temple's name was changed to Kyōchiin Kiyotakiji (Mirror-like Clear Waterfall Temple).

Prince Takaoka (Shinyo Shinnō), one of Kōbō Daishi's ten disciples and the 3rd son of Emperor Heizei, came here and stayed more than a year. Takoaka had been expelled from the palace and cut off from royal privileges. Not waiting for the inevitable banishment, he came to Shikoku, made the temple his ancestral temple (Bodaisho), and built the 5 foot, five story pagoda.

During this time he also prayed for success in a trip he was planning to India. Unfortunately, he died in Indochina on his way to India, without ever reaching there. (Legend says that he was eaten by a tiger in Laos but that his soul remains in the pagoda and protects the temple from misfortune.)

- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com -




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. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu .
(668-749 AD) Gyōki

Shikoku Henro 88 Temples 四国遍路８８札所


Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005


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