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| Mizusawa-dera | |
|---|---|
水澤寺 | |
 Kannon-dō (Main hall) | |
  Location within Gunma Prefecture  Location within Japan | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Buddhist |
| Deity | Jūichimen Senjū Kannon |
| Rite | Tendai |
| Status | functioning |
| Location | |
| Location | 214 Mizusawa, Ikaho-machi, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0103 |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°28′45.6″N 138°56′43″E / 36.479333°N 138.94528°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | c.Empress Suiko |
| Completed | c.Asuka period |
| Website | |
| http://www.mizusawakannon.or.jp/index.php | |
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Mizusawa-dera (水澤寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Shibukawa in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect and its honzon is a statue of statue of Senjū Kannon Bosatsu (Sahasrabhūja).The temple's full name is Gotokuzan Muryōjū-in Jion-ji (五徳山 無量壽院 水澤寺).The temple is the 16th stop on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage route.[1] The temple is also referred to as the Mizusawa-Kannon (水 澤 観 音).
History
[edit]The foundation of the temple is uncertain and all ancient documentary evidence pre-dating the Edo period has been lost. According to temple's own legend, it was founded in the Asuka period. During the reign of Emperor Richū the Kokushi of Kōzuke province Takanobe Ienari had three daughters. Their evil stepmother attempted to kill all three, but when she attempted to have the youngest, Princess Ihaho, drowned in an abyss, she was saved by the intervention of Kannon Bosatsu. She subsequently married the new kokushi, Lieutenant General Takamitsu. Later, Empress Suiko invited Ekan, a high-ranking prelate from Goguryeo to introduce Buddhism to the region, and the by-then widowed Princess Ikaho donated her personal statue of Kannon Bosatsu to be the honzon statue of the temple.. The temple has been destroyed by fires several times in its history.[2]
The temple is located approximately 8.4 kilometers west of Shibukawa Station of the JR East Jōetsu Line
Cultural Properties
[edit]Gunma Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties
[edit]- Rokkaku-dō (六角二重塔). This two-story hexagonal hall is a kyōzō with a rotating sutra library on its ground floor and a state of Dainichi Nyōrai on its second story. It was built between 1775 and 1787[3]
- Kannon-dō (観音堂). The main hall of the temple, it was built during the Genroku era and completed a 33-year major renovation in the 7th year of Tenmei.[3]
- Niōmon (仁王門). The main gate of the temple, it was built during the Genroku era and completed a 33-year major renovation in the 7th year of Tenmei.[3]
Shibusawa City Tangible Cultural Properties
[edit]Gallery
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Niō-mon
Rokkaku-dō
Bonshō
Shaka-dō
References
[edit]- ↑ Yuichi Kobayashi (2020). 坂東三十三ヶ所札所めぐり 観音霊場巡礼ルートガイド. Meitsu shuppan. ISBN 4780426049.
- ↑ "水澤観世音について". Mitsuzawa-dera. Retrieved 2025-03-15.(in Japanese)
- 1 2 3 "境内のご案内" (in Japanese). Saitama City. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ↑ "水沢寺阿弥陀如来坐像". 旧伊香保町地区の指定文化財. 渋川市. Retrieved 2025-03-15.(in Japanese)
- ↑ "水沢寺木造十一面観音立像". 旧伊香保町地区の指定文化財. 渋川市. Retrieved 2025-03-15.(in Japanese)
Gumma-ken kotogakko kyoiku kenkyukai rekishi bukai. Yamakawa Shuppan. 2005. p. 192. ISBN 978-4-634-24610-2.
External links
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Media related to Mizusawa-dera at Wikimedia Commons
- Bando Pilgrimage site(in Japanese)
- Official home page(in Japanese)
