{"id":78,"date":"2025-12-15T13:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:12:42","slug":"ganjo-ji-temple","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/?page_id=78","title":{"rendered":"Ganj\u014d-ji Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Shiunzan Seson-in Ganj\u014d-ji Temple<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-79\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5335-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5335-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5335-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5335-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5335.jpg 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Sect: Omuro School of Shingon Buddhism<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Principal Image: Shakyamuni Buddha (Shaka Nyorai)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Mantra: N\u014dmaku Sanmanda Bodanan Baku<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Founder: Gy\u014dki Bosatsu<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Established: Tenpy\u014d era (729\u2013749)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ganj\u014d-ji is said to have been founded by Gy\u014dki Bosatsu, the eminent Buddhist monk of the Nara period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">During the Sengoku period, when the \u014cnishi clan ruled the central region of Shikoku and became patrons of the temple, it was temporarily converted to the Zen sect. From this period dates the Seated Wooden Statue of Yakushi Nyorai, believed to have been created as the \u014cnishi clan\u2019s guardian image. Inside the statue is an inscription reading \u201cNant\u014d Shukuin Busshi\u201d (Buddhist sculptor of the Southern Capital). It is considered the work of a sculptor affiliated with K\u014dfuku-ji in Nara. With only a little more than a dozen known examples, this statue is the only surviving example outside Kyoto and Nara and is designated a Cultural Property of Tokushima Prefecture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In the Tensh\u014d era of the early Edo period, during the tenure of Soei S\u014dj\u014d, the temple returned to Shingon Buddhism. He is therefore regarded as the first abbot of its restoration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In the mid-Edo period, Keid\u014d, the 16th head priest of Ganj\u014d-ji, later ascended to Mount K\u014dya and attained the highest clerical rank of H\u014din. In Bunsei 3 (1820), he received from the Imperial Court garments that had been used as vestments for the wooden statue of K\u014db\u014d Daishi enshrined at the mausoleum in Okunoin, Mount K\u014dya. When these vestments were replaced, they were bestowed upon Ganj\u014d-ji and have since been preserved as treasured temple heirlooms, together with the following items and accompanying documentation:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">One set of K\u014db\u014d Daishi\u2019s cypress-bark-colored robe<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">One kesa (Buddhist stole)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">One string of prayer beads (juzu)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">One folding cypress fan (hi\u014dgi)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">One pair of straw sandals (waraji)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-754 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ED537E10-69B3-44F1-B7D8-8F5D399869DC-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiunzan Seson-in Ganj\u014d-ji Temple Sect: Omuro &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/?page_id=78\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ganj\u014d-ji Temple<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hashikura.jp\/8kuyou_e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}