is a
Buddhist temple located in the city of
Kakuda,
Miyagi Prefecture,
Japan.
Kōzō-ji was founded in 819 AD by
Tokuitsu
(781?-842?) was a scholar-monk of the Hossō sect of Buddhism in Japan. He is best known for his debates with other leading Buddhists of the time, Kūkai and Saichō, and for asserting a more orthodox view of Mahayana Buddhism based on the sta ...
, a monk of the
Hōsso sect. It was restored in 1177 by the wife of
Fujiwara Fujiwara (, written: 藤原 lit. "''Wisteria'' field") is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include:
; Families
* The Fujiwara clan and its members
** Fujiwara no Kamatari ...
Shuei, who erected the
Amida-dō, which is the oldest building in the prefecture, and one of the very few
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese ...
structures remaining. In 1908 it was designated an
Important Cultural Property.
The wooden
statue of
Amida Nyorai seated on a
lotus throne
In Asian art a lotus throne, sometimes lotus platform, is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for a figure. It is the normal pedestal for divine figures in Buddhist art and Hindu art, and often seen in Jain art. Originating in In ...
(1177), constructed using the
''yoseki-zukuri'' technique, was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1927.
See also
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Pure Land Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism (; ja, 浄土仏教, translit=Jōdo bukkyō; , also referred to as Amidism in English,) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Buddha's Buddha-field or Pure Land. It is one of the most wid ...
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Japanese Buddhist architecture
Examples of Buddhist architecture in Japan
Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born in China.p=716/ref> After Buddhism arrived from ...
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Japanese sculpture
Sculpture in Japan began with the clay figure. Towards the end of the long Neolithic Jōmon period, some pottery vessels were "flame-rimmed" with extravagant extensions to the rim that can only be called sculptural, and very stylized pottery dog ...
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Important Cultural Properties of Japan
An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and judged to be of ...
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Northern Fujiwara
References
Buddhist temples in Miyagi Prefecture
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
Kakuda, Miyagi
Shingon Sect Chisan School Temples
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