Tsūhō-ji
{{Short description|Heian period Buddhist temple ruins}}
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| location = Habikino, Osaka, Japan
| region = Kansai region
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| built = 1043
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The {{Nihongo|Tsūhō-ji ruins|通法寺跡| Tsūhō-ji ato}}, is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Heian period Buddhist temple located in the Tsuboi neighborhood of the city of Habikino, Osaka, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1957.{{cite web |url=https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/191242 |title=通法寺跡 |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2021}}
Overview
The Tsuboi area of Habiniko is the birthplace of the Kawachi Genji clan, descended from Minamoto no Yorinobu (968–1048). The Kawachi Genji included Minamoto no Yoshiie, who was the common ancestor of nearly all the major Minamoto generals of the Genpei War, including Minamoto no Yoritomo. The temple was founded in 1043 by Yorinobu's son Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, who found a life-sized image of Senjū Kannon in the ruins of a burned down hermitage, and decided to build a new temple which would be the bodaiji of his clan. The main image of the new temple was an Amida Nyorai, and the statue of Senjū Kannon was also installed. Following the exploits of his son Minamoto no Yoshiie in the Zenkunen War, and the Gosannen War, which earned him the sobriquet "Hachiman-tarō", the Tsuboi Hachimangū was also erected to the northwest of the temple.{{cite book |last1=Isomura |first1=Yukio |last2=Sakai |first2=Hideya |title=(国指定史跡事典) National Historic Site Encyclopedia |date=2012 |publisher=学生社 |isbn=978-4311750403}}{{in lang|ja}}
The temple was burned down during the wars of the Nanboku-chō period. In the Edo Period, Tada Yoshinao, a descendent of the Kawachi Genji, petitioned Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi to restore the temple. Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu was appointed bugyō to oversee the reconstruction. However, in 1868, with the Meiji restoration and the Haibutsu kishaku policies of the new Meiji government, the temple was abandoned.
At present, only the Sanmon gate and the shōryō bell tower remain. The temple also has what it claims to be the tomb of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and some tōrō stone lanterns that were donated during the time of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu. The tombs of Minamoto no Yorinobu and Minamoto no Yoshiie are in the hills some 200 meters the southeast.
The temple site is about a 20-minute walk from Kaminotaishi Station on the Kintetsu Railway Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line.
Gallery
File:Tsuho-ji (Habikino), keidai.jpg|Precincts
File:Tsuho-ji (Habikino), haka.jpg|Graves of the priests of Tsūhō-ji
File:Tomb of Minamoto no Yorinobu.jpg|Minamoto no Yorinobu grave
File:Tomb of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi.jpg|Minamoto no Yoriyoshi grave
File:Tomb of Minamoto no Yoshiie.jpg|Minamoto no Yoshiie grave
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.city.habikino.lg.jp/soshiki/sekaiisan_bunkazai/bunkazai/bunkazai/iseki_shokai/heian_kamakura/2425.html Habikino city home page] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.habikino-kk.net/post_jisya/通法寺跡 Habikino City Tourist Office] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Buddhist temples in Osaka Prefecture