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Ôkubo-ji is the 88th temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage of 88 temples on the island of Shikoku, Japan. Said to have been founded by Gyôki bodhisattva in 717, it was visited by Kukai, founder of Japanese Shingon Buddhism, who in 815 enshrined a statue of the healing Buddha Yakushi (Bhaisajya), which he carved in a hall near a rock cavern in the inner sanctuary, where he had performed the esoteric Gumonjihô rite to improve memory.
The original precincts was large with over 100 halls, and women were permitted to enter, but the monastery’s prosperity declined after a fire. A lord of the Matsudaira clan had it restored sometime between 1688 and 1704, but it burned down again in 1900. The current buildings date to the 20th century, including the 2-story pagoda, which houses the Yakushi statue.
-Tamamura (1992: 77)
-“Ookuboji,” in Zenkoku kaiun jinja bukkaku 全国開運神社仏閣ガイド (2004-2005) http://www.kaiun-goriyaku.com/39t-022.htm
-“Ookuboji,” in Shikoku henro no izanai 四国遍路のいざない (2007) http://henro88net/220sanuki/ookuboji.html
Src: JPN
Input by: Lizbeth H. Piel, Sep 12, 2009
Okuboji Temple, 98 Tawa, Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture 769-2306
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1022919-d1397420-Reviews-Okuboji_Temple-Sanuki_Kagawa_Prefecture_Shikoku.html
Input by: tmciolek, Dec 4, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Okubo-ji monastery, JP.
lat=34.1913 long=134.206
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Ôkuboji 大窪路. Alternative English spelling: Ôkubo-ji; Ookuboji
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Japan: Kagawa prefecture
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Iôzan Ôkubo-ji
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., lat=34.1913 long=134.206 - visual identification in maps.google.com - tmc, 2 Jan 2010.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Nagaoji, Shidoji
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Nagao-chô (town), in Sanuki-shi (city), in Ôkawa-gun (district). Nagao-chô was created in 1915. Two villages, Tawa-mura and Zôta-mura, became part of the town in 1955-6. In 2002, Nagao-chô and four other towns merged to form the new city of Sanuki.
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
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8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 34.2667 Long 134.1667 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/JA/17/Nagao.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Shingon sect (Chinese: Zhenyan)
11. Date-early
- 717. -Tamamura (1992: 77)
12. Date-intermediate
- 815. -Tamamura (1992: 77)
13. Date-late
- 1900. -Tamamura (1992: 77)
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- Ôkubo-ji is one of the 88 temples of the Shikoku Pilgrimage
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
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16. Additional notes
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