Dōjō-ji

Dōjō-ji 道成寺
Hondō (1357) and Three-storey pagoda (1763)
Information
Mountain Name	天音山
Denomination	Tendai
Venerated	Senjū Kannon
Founded	701
Address	1738 Kanemaki, Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture
Country	Japan
Website	http://www.dojoji.com/
Portal:Buddhism

Dōjō-ji (道成寺^?) is a Tendai school Buddhist temple in Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 701, it has given name to a number of plays, the statues of Senjū Kannon, Nikkō Bosatsu, and Gakkō Bosatsu are National Treasures, and there are a number of other Important Cultural Properties.^[1][2]

Buildings

• Hondō (1357); 7x5 bay, single-storey, irimoya-zukuri, tiled roof; (Important Cultural Property)^[3]
• Niōmon (1694); 3 bay, single-door rōmon, irimoya-zukuri, tiled roof; (Important Cultural Property)^[4]
• Three-storey pagoda (1763) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)^[5]
• Shoin (1702) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)^[5]

Treasures

Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (Heian period) (National Treasure)

Dōjō-ji Engi emaki (Muromachi period); Important Cultural Property

• Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (木造千手観音立像^?) (Heian period) (National Treasure)^[6]
• Wooden statues of Nikkō Bosatsu and Gakkō Bosatsu (木造菩薩立像 (伝日光・月光菩薩)^?) (Heian period) (National Treasures)^[7]
• Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (木造千手観音立像^?) (Nara period) (Important Cultural Property)^[8]
• Wooden-core lacquer statue of Senjū Kannon (木心乾漆千手観音立像^?) (Nara period) (Important Cultural Property)^[9]
• Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (木造十一面観音立像^?) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)^[10]
• Wooden statue of Bishamonten (木造毘沙門天立像^?) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)^[11]
• Wooden statues of the Four Heavenly Kings (木造四天王立像^?) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)^[12]
• Wooden statues of the Shaka Nyorai Triad (木造釈迦如来坐像及び両脇侍立像^?) (Nanboku-chō period) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)^[13]
• Dōjō-ji Engi emaki (紙本著色道成寺縁起^?), two scrolls (Muromachi period) (Important Cultural Property)^[14][15]
• Dōtaku (Yayoi period) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)^[13]

Anchin and Kiyohime

Dōjōji, Noh play

The story of monk Anchin (安珍^?) and spurned lady Kiyohime (清姫^?) who, devoured by her passion and jealousy, turns into a serpent and pursues him to his destruction, is the subject of the Noh play Dōjōji, known for the rare prominence of its dramatic prop, the temple bell;^[16][17] as well as the Kabuki play Musume Dōjōji with its long onnagata buyō.^[18]

See also

• Dōjōji (Noh play)
• Noh
• Japanese folklore
• List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures)

References

1. ^ "Dojoji Temple". Hidakagawa Town. http://www.town.hidakagawa.lg.jp/english/dojoji_eg.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
2. ^ "Dojoji". Wakayama Prefecture. http://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/english/charm/01.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
3. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=102&item_id=2914. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
4. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=102&item_id=2915. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Wakayama bunkazai". Wakayama Prefecture. http://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/prefg/500700/mokuroku/mokuroku/kenkenzo.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
6. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=201&item_id=283. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
7. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=201&item_id=284. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
8. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=201&item_id=5103. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
9. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=201&item_id=5102. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
10. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=201&item_id=4381. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
11. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=201&item_id=4380. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
12. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=201&item_id=4382. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
13. ^ ^{a b} "Wakayama bunkazai". Wakayama Prefecture. http://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/prefg/500700/mokuroku/mokuroku/kenbizyutu.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
14. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://www.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails.asp?register_id=201&item_id=1829. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
15. ^ Waters, Virginia Skord (1997). "Sex, Lies, and the Illustrated Scroll: The Dojoji Engi Emaki". Monumenta Nipponica (Sophia University) 52 (1): 59–84. 
16. ^ Keene, Donald (1970). 20 Plays of the Nō Theatre. Columbia University Press. pp. 238–252. ISBN 0-231-03455-5. 
17. ^ Klein, Susan Blakeley (1991). "When the Moon Strikes the Bell: Desire and Enlightenment in the Noh Play Dojoji". Journal of Japanese Studies (The Society for Japanese Studies) 17 (2): 291–322. 
18. ^ "Kabuki repertoire - Kyoganako musume dojoji". National Theatre of Japan. http://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/kabuki/en/5/5_04_09.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 

External links

• (Japanese) Dōjō-ji - homepage
• (English) Dōjō-ji - English language site