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嵯峨鳥居本の集落の辺りは、化野(あだしの)と呼ばれていました。
その昔は、風葬が行われていた所で、鳥辺野、蓮台野と共に京都の三大葬地とされているそうです。
ここに、化野念仏寺、愛宕(おたぎ)念仏寺二つの念仏寺があります。その様子を紹介します。
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The north-west of Kyoto, where Saga-Toriimoto Historical District is located, is also named "Adashino". This area used to be a place for an open-air burial (aerial sepulture). "Adashino" means a mutable place in Japanese. Adashino-Nenbutsuji Temple was founded to pray for the dead soul of those people.
Adashino Nenbutsuji Temple
At the beginning of the ninth century, the priest Kukai (774 - 835) donated a thousand of stone Buddha statues to pray for those who were buried in open-air. This was the origin of Adashino-Nenbutsuji temple.
If you come into the temple, you will see beautiful moss gardens. A red apron on a stone statue is very impressive.
On the way to the main hall, there are eight thousands of stone Budda statues.
This area is named "Saino-Kawara", Torture of a dead man, where a dead child stacks stones in the world of the dead.
As soon as the child stacks stones, an evil come and destroys the stacked stones.
So that, the dead child has to repeat to stack stones.
At the south-west corner of "Saino-Kawara", the hall for "Enmei Jizo-Bosatsu" is located.
Behind the main hall, there are bamboo forests on a small hill.
The approach road continues through the bamboo forests.
The bamboo forests are very beautiful and they are very impressive.
Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
At the west end of Saga-Toriimoto Historical District, "Hiranoya" is located.
If you walk further to the west through the cut-through in a mountain, you will arrive at Otagi-Nenbutsuji Temple.
The below picture shows the Deva Gate in front of the temple.
After passing through the Deva Gate, you will see many stone Buddha statues.
Those stone Buddha statues were donated by visitors to Otagi-Nenbutsuji Temple from 1981.
There are one thousand and two hundreds of stone status in total.
They have variety of expressions. Some statue looks smiling.
On the way to the main hall located on a hillside, you will see traditional stone buddha statues.
Red aprons are very impressive.
The main hall is located on a hillside.
The main hall was rebuilt in Kamakura Age (1185 - 1333).
It is designated as an important property of Japan.
Please visit the homepage article for more detail.
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