Walking around Dainichi口 do Hall

Wooden Statues of Standing

Dainichi― do Hall was once named Hattima̲san Mitsugon

Kongo Rikishi,Futtyotti l蛉 鶴Ple

JOdOづ i Templeo According to the temple legend,this temple wasestablished when Dainichi― Nyorai(MahaVairOcana)Was driftedto a sandbank of Tama― gawa River by massive flood in 952.

Tangible Cultural Propetty(SCulptuFeS)Of TOkyo
Designated on Apri1 28 1964

This temple was moved to the current site for the protection ofTakiyama Castle(Current Takatukimachi Town,Kazumimachi
Town,Tankimachi Town,Hachitti City)to guard against de宙
intlttision from northeastern direction.The temple buildingsヽ

Changed Cate9ory on July l on 1976
ls'rI・Ⅳere

reconstructed by ISHIKAWA Tosa… no― kanli,the lord of Takiyama
Castle,an entrusted vassal of HOJO uiteru,who prayed for thecure of his daughter's eye―

The teimple title

disease.
Jodoづ i''waS 10St during the Edo period.

When Dainichi― do Hall was rebuiltin 1732,temple buildings wererearanged in curent plan and belonged to Fumyoli Temple,oneofDainichi Hachibo"(Eight Sub― Teinples around Dainichi― do).

It has been unknown when Hiyoshittitta shrine was founded,but
the shrine was considered to be built as a guardian shrine,Sanno

Daigongen(manifestation of Dainichi Nyorai)in the Tensho era
do temple halls(1573‑1593).After the Metti Restoration,Dainichi―of Tendai Sect and HiyoshiJitta shrine,the guardian shrine forTendai Sect,were separated due to the policy of the separation ofShinto and Buddhisnl but remain atthe stte place.
There are principal te]mple and shrine buildings(Dainichi―
do Hall,Yakushi― do Hall,Worship Hall and Main Hall of Hiyoshi―
jitta Shrine)on the upland of iuvialterace of Tama― gawa R市 er,and Nlo― mon Gate,a Well,wisteria― pergola(Natural Monument ofTokyo)on loWland.Let'se可 oy viSiting temples and others includ―ing Fttizuka MOund on the west ofHiyoshiづ

itta Shrine,Buddhist

vv()statues of Kongo Rikishi are enshrined at a Nio…

(Dcva Gatc)of the te]mple.The two guardians represents the flgures ofngyo,
Agyo,with his mouth open and an expression full of angcr,and l」
with his lnouth tightly closed in an expression of hiding his anger in―wardly.As̀/ゝ 'is the sound of the flrst letter and̀Un'is the sound of thelast letter of the Sanskrit alphabet,they symbolize the beginning and thecnd ofthe universe,or aspiration for Buddha… hood and attained nirvana.
Although these statues were attributed to the work of Unkei basedon the record of thè̀Shinpen Musashi Fudokiko"(A Topography oftheMusashi Province,c.1804‑1829),inSCriptions bearing a date and nameof the sculptor was found inside the statues when they were dismantled
for repair in 1975‑1977.It reveals that Agyo was lnade by the lBuddhist
sculptor Hizenbo in 1315 and I」ngyo was lnade by the]Buddhist sculptor
Bizen□ ,sponsored by YaJi Magosaburo SUGAWARA Shigernitsu,who

was a lnanor lord and vassal of the Kamakura Shogunateo Moreover,theinscriptions reading̀̀Keihaku Jodo」 i''prOVe that a temple called JodoJi
existed in this area during the Kamakura period。
The facial expressions of the statues are relatively gentle comparedwith other examples of Kongo Rikishi lnade during the Kamakura pe―
riod,rather suggesting the aesthetic of the Hcian period.The statues arevaluable as surviving examples fronn the former Musashi Province.

sculptures enshrined,and sacred cedar grove of the shrine.

Akishima

凸StationAkishima Fire Station, ￨‖ShLmon GateyOづ iTemplel ilISI:1:ing Kongo師
文Tamabe Junior High School
VVooden Slol∪ es of Slo∩ ding KongO Rlkishi