Kiburi-ji

Coordinates: 35°29′56″N 136°39′05″E / 35.498783°N 136.651514°E / 35.498783; 136.651514
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Kiburi-ji (来振寺)
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
DeityJuichimen Kannon
RiteShingon-shū Chizan-ha
Location
LocationŌno, Gifu
CountryJapan
Kiburi-ji is located in Gifu Prefecture
Kiburi-ji
Shown within Gifu Prefecture
Kiburi-ji is located in Japan
Kiburi-ji
Kiburi-ji (Japan)
Geographic coordinates35°29′56″N 136°39′05″E / 35.498783°N 136.651514°E / 35.498783; 136.651514
Architecture
FounderGyōki
Completed715[1]
Website
kiburiji.com

Kiburi-ji (来振寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ōno, Gifu Prefecture belonging to the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism.[1][2][3] The temple claims to have been founded as the Hossō sect temple of Shinpuku-ji by the wandering priest Gyōki in 715 AD. It was burned down by Oda Nobunaga in 1560 and subsequently rebuilt with the support of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Toda clan of Ōgaki Domain during the Edo period.

The temple possess a Heian period set of five scroll painting depicting the five Myō-ō (Fudō Myō-ō, Gōzanze Myō-ō, Gundari Myō-ō, Daiitoku Myō-ō, and Ususama Myō-ō which is a National Treasure of Japan.

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  1. ^ a b "国宝絹本著色五大尊像と来振寺" [National Treasure Five Guardian Kings at Kiburi-ji] (in Japanese). Ōno town. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  2. ^ "来振寺" [Kiburi-ji] (in Japanese). Ōno town. 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  3. ^ "来振寺" [Kiburi-ji] (in Japanese). Kiburi-ji. Retrieved 2016-09-12.

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Media related to Kiburiji at Wikimedia Commons