Dōjō-ji
| Dōjō-ji 道成寺 | |
|---|---|
 Hondō (1357) and Three-storey pagoda (1763) | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tendai |
| Deity | Senjū Kannon |
| Location | |
| Location | 1738 Kanemaki, Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 701 |
| Website | |
| http://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 (木造千手観音立像) (Heian period) (National Treasure)[6]
- Wooden statues of Nikkō Bosatsu and Gakkō Bosatsu (木造菩薩立像 (伝日光・月光菩薩)) (Heian period) (National Treasures)[7]
- Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (木造千手観音立像) (Nara period) (Important Cultural Property)[8]
- Wooden-core lacquer statue of Senjū Kannon (木心乾漆千手観音立像) (Nara period) (Important Cultural Property)[9]
- Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (木造十一面観音立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)[10]
- Wooden statue of Bishamonten (木造毘沙門天立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)[11]
- Wooden statues of the Four Heavenly Kings (木造四天王立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)[12]
- Wooden statues of the Shaka Nyorai Triad (木造釈迦如来坐像及び両脇侍立像) (Nanboku-chō period) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)[13]
- Dōjō-ji Engi emaki (紙本著色道成寺縁起), two scrolls (Muromachi period) (Important Cultural Property)[14][15]
- Dōtaku (Yayoi period) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)[13]
Anchin and Kiyohime
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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dojoji.
References
- ^ "Dojoji Temple". Hidakagawa Town. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Dojoji". Wakayama Prefecture. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Wakayama bunkazai". Wakayama Prefecture. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Wakayama bunkazai". Wakayama Prefecture. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Waters, Virginia Skord (1997). "Sex, Lies, and the Illustrated Scroll: The Dojoji Engi Emaki". Monumenta Nipponica. 52 (1). Sophia University: 59–84. doi:10.2307/2385487.
- ^ Keene, Donald (1970). 20 Plays of the Nō Theatre. Columbia University Press. pp. 238–252. ISBN 0-231-03455-5.
- ^ Klein, Susan Blakeley (1991). "When the Moon Strikes the Bell: Desire and Enlightenment in the Noh Play Dojoji". Journal of Japanese Studies. 17 (2). The Society for Japanese Studies: 291–322. doi:10.2307/132744.
- ^ "Kabuki repertoire - Kyoganako musume dojoji". National Theatre of Japan. Retrieved 22 May 2011.