• Source: Taisan-ji (Matsuyama)

    • Taisan-ji (太山寺) is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is Temple 52 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, and Temple 3 on the Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Iyo. The Hondō is a National Treasure.


    History


    Taisan-ji is said to have been founded by a wealthy merchant from Kyushu in the sixth century, after he had been saved from a shipwreck by Jūichimen Kannon. The temple enjoyed imperial patronage from the time of Emperor Shōmu.


    Buildings


    Hondō (Kamakura period), (National Treasure)
    Niōmon (Kamakura period) (Important Cultural Property)


    Treasures


    Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (木造十一面観音立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)
    Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (hibutsu) (木造十一面観音立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)


    See also


    Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
    List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)
    Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Iyo


    References

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