Seiganto-ji
| Nachisan Seiganto-ji 青岸渡寺 | |
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| Country | Japan |
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| http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~sanzan/NTTcontents/seigan/ | |
Seiganto-ji (青岸渡寺) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In 2004, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other locations, under the name "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". According to a legend, it was founded by the priest Ragyō Shōnin, a monk from India. The temple was purposely built near Nachi Falls, where it may have previously been a site of nature worship. Seiganto-ji is part of the Kumano Sanzan shrine complex, and as such can be considered one of the few jingū-ji (shrine temples, see article Shinbutsu shūgō) still in existence after the forcible separation of Shinto and Buddhism operated by the Japanese government during the Meiji restoration.[1][2]
It is Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage's No.1 (first stop) and an Important Cultural Properties of Japan.
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See also
Notes
- ^ For details of the subject of shrine temples, see the article Shinbutsu shūgō.
- ^ "Jungūji". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
References
- Seiganto-ji's official site Template:Ja icon
- Sacred Japan, History of Seigantoji, accessed on September 23, 2009
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