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Daijō-ji The Buddha Hall of Daijō-ji.

The Daijō-ji ( jap. 大乗寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Soto Shuu in the Japanese city of Kanazawa ( Ishikawa Prefecture ).

Originally, the temple belonged to the Shingon Shuu and was near the village Nonoichi (野々市) in the province of Kaga , built around 1261 by the local feudal lords Togashi Iehisa (富樫家尚). [1] [2]

As a result of the so-called dispute over the succession in the third generation within the Soto shū left Tettsū Gikai (徹通義介, 1219-1309) the Eihei-ji and moved with the help of former Daruma shū -Anhängers Chōkai and support from a fellow branch of the Fujiwara family the Daijō-ji (around 1292). Because Gikais good relations with the Shingon shū he soon received permission to convert the temple into a Zen monastery, what happened in the year 1293. [3] In the following decades, the temple became the center of the medieval Soto movement in Japan . [4]

1303 was Keizan Jokin after the abdication Gikais second head on Daijō-ji and developed during his tenure from here strong activities in the northeastern provinces of the country. His successor was MEIHO Sotetsu (明峰素哲; 1277-1350). [5]

In 1697 the temple under the auspices of the Toda family whose heads powerful followers of the family was Maeda presented, moved to its present location. [6] [7] Literature

   Heinrich Dumoulin : History of Zen Buddhism. Volume II: Japan. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986th ISBN 3-317-01596-9 .

Web Links

   Official site - Japanese

References

   http://beams.cc.kogakuin.ac.jp/sims/tours.html
   http://www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/meisyo_e/kougai/daijoji/daijojiE.html
   Dumoulin 1986, p 105; in div. different sources in 1282 and 1283rd
   Dumoulin 1986 S. 108th
   Dumoulin 1986, p 109f, 112th
   http://www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/meisyo_e/kougai/daijoji/daijojiE.html
   http://www.sotozen-net.or.jp/kokusai/friends/zf13_3/tour.htm

coordinates: 36 ° 31 '57 "N, 136 ° 39' 32" O Categories :

   Buddhist temples in Japan
   Building in Ishikawa Prefecture
   Zen
   Kanazawa