Kōzan-ji ( 高山寺 ) , officially Toganōsan Kōsan-ji ( 栂尾山高山寺 ) , is a Buddhist temple of the Omuro sect of Shingon Buddhism in Umegahata Toganōchō, Ukyō Ward , Kyoto , Japan. Kōzan-ji is also known as Kōsan-ji and Toganō-dera. The temple was founded by the Shingon scholar and monk Myōe (1173–1232) and is renowned for its numerous national treasures and important cultural properties. The Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga , a group of ink paintings from the 12th and 13th centuries, are among the most important treasures of Kōzan-ji. The temple celebrates Biyakkōshin, Zenmyōshin and Kasuga Myōjin, as well as the temple's tutelary Shintō deity. In 1994, it was registered as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site " Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ".
6-415: Togano, located deep in the mountains behind Jingo-ji temple, which are famous for their autumn foliage, is considered an ideal location for mountain asceticism, and there have long been many small temples in this location. In addition to Kosan-ji, there have been other temples in the area, such as Toganoo-ji ( 度賀尾寺 ) and Toganoo-bō ( 都賀尾坊 ) . According to legend, these were said to have been established by
12-421: Is now known as Sekisui-in. In addition to Sekisui-in, today's Kōzan-ji also contains a main hall (originally part of Ninna-ji , relocated to Kōzan-ji) and a hall dedicated to the founding of the temple, which houses an important carved wooden bust of Myōe. Both of these buildings, however, are modern reconstructions. The temple possesses numerous National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties , however,
18-493: The highest mountain." ( 日、出でて、まず高き山を照らす , hi, idete, mazu takakiyama wo terasu ) . The temple has been destroyed numerous times by fire and war. The oldest extant building is Sekisui-in ( 石水院 ) , which dates from the Kamakura period (1185–1333). Jingo-ji houses a diagram of Kōzan-ji that was drawn in 1230, some 20 years after it was constructed. The diagram is registered as an important cultural property, because it shows
24-500: The imperial orders of Emperor Kōnin in 774, however, the accuracy of these claims is not clear. In 1206, Myōe , a Kegon Buddhist priest who had been serving at nearby Jingo-ji, was granted the land to construct a temple by Emperor Go-Toba . He selected the name Hiidetemazukousanwoterasuyama-no-tera ( 日出先照高山之寺 ) . The temple's name was taken from a line in the Avatamsaka sutra : "When the sun appears, it first casts its light upon
30-502: The majority of them are currently on loan to national museums in Kyoto and Tokyo. A large number of buildings, picture scrolls, carvings, furnishings and old writings have been registered as important cultural properties. The most significant among these include: 35°03′37″N 135°40′42″E / 35.06028°N 135.67833°E / 35.06028; 135.67833 Jingo-ji Too Many Requests If you report this error to
36-403: The original layout of the temple. From the diagram, we know that Kōzan-ji originally consisted of a large gate, a main hall, a three-storied pagoda, a hall dedicated to Amitabha , a hall dedicated to Lohan, a bell tower, a scripture hall, and a Shinto shrine dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area. However, all of these buildings have since been destroyed, except for the scripture hall, which
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