真言宗豊山派総本山

西国三十三所観音霊場第八番

Events throughout the year

Florilegium (Flower album)

Honzon Kaichō Hōyō Opening the exhibition of the main religious statue
January1Jan.

Ninnōe Praying for the world peace and the happiness and welfare of people.
Shushōe Reﬂecting on the past year and praying for peace and thriving in the newyear.

Feb.

January 1 to 7

January 8 to 10
Butsumyōe Reciting the many names of Buddha
January 28 to February 3
Hoshi Matsuri Praying to the star of destiny
Bean-Throwing FestivalSetsubune
Daikokutensai Festival to the patron god of wealth and commerce February 3
The same as ShushōeFebruary 8 to 14
ShunieFebruary 14
Dadaoshi Hōyō Fire ceremony
Sansha Gongen Tsunakake Sai Three-Shrine Avatar Roping Festival
Early February (formerly January 11)Mar.

March 15
Jōrakue Commemorating the entering into Nirvana of Buddha
Spring Equinox
Higane Consolation for spirits of ancestors
Kōbō-Daishi Shōmieku Commemorating the benevolence of Kōbō-Daishi, thefounder of Shingon Buddhism

Apr.
May

sect of Japanese Shingon Buddhism

Kōbō-Daishi TanjōeJun.

March 21April 8Shakuson Gōtane Celebration of the birth of Buddha
Tree Peony FestivalBotan Matsuri
Mid April to early May
Spring Special Temple Treasure Exhibition
Sennyo Sōjō Ondokue The compassion of Sennyo Sōjō, the founder of the Buzan
May 5

Celebration of the birth of Kōbō-Daishi, the founder ofShingon Buddhism
June 15

Kōgyō-Daishi Tanjōe Celebration of the birth of Kōgyō-Daishi, a Shingon
Buddhist priest

Jul.
Aug.
Aut.
Oct.

Saigoku San-ju-sansho Kannon Reijō Dai Hachi Ban
Dec.

Eighth of the 33 Kansai Pilgrimage sites sacred to Kannon, the Buddhist God of Mercy(corresponding to current Nara Prefecture)

July 24
Atagosha Sairei Atago Shrine Festival
August 13 to 15
Urabone Memorial service for the souls of ancestors
Autumn Equinox
Higane Consolation for spirits of ancestors
Momiji Matsuri Maple Festival
Autumn Special Temple Treasure Exhibition Mid October to early December
Third Sunday in October
Yoki Tenmangū Festival
December 8
Jōdōe Celebrating the enlightenment of Buddha
December 12
Dharanie Commemorating the benevolence of Kōgyō-Daishi
Honzon Heichō Hōyō Closing the exhibition of the main religious statue
December 31

Main temple of the Buzan sect of Japanese Shingon Buddhism

Hasedera Temple of old Yamato Province

Kannon Mandōe An event of oﬀering many light

May:

Japanese rose, Japanese tree peony, Japanese azalea, Chinese peony,
Japanese rhododendron, Chinese Redbud, Clematis chinensis.,rhododendron, Japanese wisteria, ﬂowering dogwood, JapanesesnowballJune:

Sal (tree), Clematis chinensis., rhododendron, Japanese hydrangea,Japanese iris, kōsa dogwood, balloon ﬂower, banana shrub, Chinese
trumpet creeper, Siebold's magnolia, evergreen magnolia, slenderdeutzia, Serissa japonica

July:Japanese hydrangea, Chinese trumpet creeper, crape myrtle,oleander, lotus, water lily

August:Lotus, water lily, Chinese trumpet creeper, crape myrtle, oleander,
toad lily

September: Oleander, Japanese bush clover, red spider lily, balloon ﬂower
October: Maple, Japanese anemone, Enkianthus perulatus, Eupatorium
japonicum, sweet osmanthus, autumn cherry

November: Maple, winter-blooming tree peony, Chinese primrose, heavenly
bamboo, Christmas berry

December: Chinese primrose, winter-blooming tree peony, tree peony, Christmas
camellia, heavenly bamboo, Christmas berry, Chloranthus

JapanHasedera

731-1 Hase, Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, 633-0112
Tel. 0744（47）7001
http://www.hasedera.or.jp

我もけさ 清僧の部也 梅の花< 小林 一茶 >花の寺 末寺一念 三千寺< 高浜 虚子 >ware mo kesa / seiso no bu nari /ume no hana
(Kobayashi Issa)

hana no tera / matsuji ichinen / sanzenji(Takahama Kyoshi)

haru no yo ya / komorido yukashi /do no sumi
(Matsuo Basho)

Kannon Mandōe(Kannon 10,000 Light Ceremony)
On New Year's Eve, lamps are lit along both sides of the stairway
corridor to create the 10,000 light ceremony. The lamps create
an inviting band of light leading to the main hall. It creates asuitable solemnity for greeting the new year.

こもり
くの 泊瀬の山は色づきぬ
しぐれの雨は降りにけらしも< 大伴坂上郎女 >komoriku no / hatsuse no yama wa / irozukinu /shigure no ame wa / furi ni kerashimo(Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume)

Main Hall (Japanese National Treasure)
It was completed in Keian 3 ((165016501650)) due to the donations of the third Tokugawa Shogun
Iemitsu. It is a large ediﬁce with an overhanging veranda in the front and a double-hall format
consisting of a prayer hall and main hall with an irimoya ((EastEast Asian hip-and-gable roof). It was designated as a Japanese National Treasure in December Heisei 16 ((2004).
structure
2004structure).
2004).

春の夜や こもり人床し 堂のすみ
< 松尾 芭蕉 >Gohonzon (Principal object of devotion)
Juichimen Kanzeonbosatsu (Eleven-Faced Kannon)◎ Main Hall; Irimoya (East Asian hip-and-gable roof structure); Edo Period◎ Douban Hokke Sessou Zu (bronze plaque carved with the Hokke Sutra); Hakuhō Period◎ Hokke Sutra; Kamakura Period○ Juichimen Kanzeonbosatsu (Eleven-Faced Kannon) standing statue; Wood with lacquerand foil; Muromachi Period○ Uhōdōji standing statue; Painted wood; Muromachi Period○ Nandaryūō standing statue; Painted wood; Kamakura Period○ Bronze Juichimen Kanzeonbosatsu (Eleven- Faced Kannon) standing statue; Platedbronze; Kamakura Period○ Jizo Bosatsu statue; Painted wood; Heian Period○ Sōhan Issaikyō (Song versions of complete Buddhist scriptures); Paper block printing;
Chūgoku Nansou PeriodApril:

Japanese plum, camellia, narcissus, Japanese cornel, weeping forsythia, Taiwan cherry, Oshima cherry, Kawazu cherry
Weeping forsythia, Japanese quince, winter daphne, blossom peach,weeping cherry, wild cherry, Yoshino cherry, Nara double cherry, red
weeping cherry, Prunus lannesiana Wils. 'Grandiﬂoraʼ, Cerasus
lannesiana ʻGioiko', Thunberg's meadowsweet, white magnolia, kobus
magnolia, Japanese cornel, Japanese rose, Japanese tree peony,
Enkianthus perulatus, Japanese rhododendron,
Chinese Redbud,
ﬂowering dogwood, Spiraea cantoniensis.

From antiquity, its picturesque scenery has been favored by numerous literati andnoblemen, and this scenery has given birth to many literary works.
Even today, the precincts of Hasedera Temple are ﬁlled with the colors of ﬂowers and events.

Hito wa isa / kokoro mo shirazu / furusato wa/ hana zo mukashi no / ka ni nioi keru
(Ki no Tsurayuki)

Principal Temple Treasures◎: National Treasure ○: Important Cultural Asset

December 31 to January 1

camellia, mealy primrose

March:* Some events are not open to the general public.
* Event schedules may change.

ENGLISH

人はいさ 心も知らずふるさとは
花ぞ昔の香ににほひける〈紀 貫之〉The original statue of the Hase Kannon which was said to have been carved in three days
from a sacred camphor tree brought over from Ōminokuni Takashima, and which is thebasis for all the Hase Kannon statues throughout Japan. It has a height of about 10meters. The statue has a unique posture, with the God Kannon holding a Shakujō (bishop'sstaﬀ) in his right hand, and standing on a solid ﬂat stone (Daibanjaku). This expresses thespecial virtues of the God Kannon, and the depth of his compassion for the requests ofeveryone. The current statue is said to have been created in Tenbun 7 (1538 AD) byTodaiji Busshōin Jissei Ryōgaku, and Nandaryūō and Uhōdōji serve on either side.

June 17January: Chinese primrose, tree peony, Christmas camellia, Japanese allspiceFebruary: Christmas camellia, Japanese allspice, adonis, Japanese plum,

Dadaoshi
A Buddhist ceremony held on February 14 which closes the Shunie
Buddhist ceremony praying for good health and good luck.
The highlight of the ceremony is when three oni (ogres) run
around the inside and outside of the main hall carrying torches.

Hasedera Temple engi (beginnings) and garan (main temple)
Hasedera Temple gives the name Buzan (plentiful mountain) to themountain. It has its beginnings in the ﬁrst year of Akamidori (686 AD)
when the Douban Hokke Sessou Zu (bronze plaque carved with the HokkeSutra) dedicated to Emperor Temmu was enshrined on a hill to the westof Hatsuseyama by the Buddhist Priest Dōmyō. Later in Shinki 4 (727AD), the Buddhist Priest Tokudō enshrined the Juichimen Kanzeonbosatsu (Eleven-Faced Kannon) on the hill to the east at Emperor Shōmuʼsbehest. The Buddhist Priest Tokudō was a fervent worshiper of the Kannon
faith and is also known as the priest who started the Saigoku San-ju-sansho
Kannon Reijō (Kansai pilgrimage of 33 sites sacred to Kannon, theBuddhist GOD of Mercy) and Hasedera (Hasedera Temple) is also called
the birthplace of that pilgrimage. The Hase Kannon faith has spreadthroughout Japan, and many people come for Hasemōde (worshiping atHasedera Temple).
In Tenshō 16 (1588 AD), the Buddhist Bishop Sennyo came to the mountain, and Hasedera Temple became the main temple of the Buzan sect ofJapanese Shingon Buddhism, which has 3,000 member temples. Inaddition, as the eighth of the 33 Kansai Pilgrimage sites sacred toKannon, it has a congregation of approximately 2 million people, andthroughout the four seasons it attracts numerous worshipers as the“Temple of Flowers”.

5Kōbō-Daishi MiedōHasedera Temple Precincts MapＮ8Hakusan GongenGokusho

DaikokudōStorehouse of complete
Buddhist scriptures

Kaisandō9

Nokotsu-do

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10Rest area

Goju-no-to
Remains of theThree-Tiered Pagoda

14HondōArashi no Saka

Rest Area Higiri Jizō Son
Bell Pagoda (Onoue Bell)
Stamp Oﬃce

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Sanbu Gongensha

Prefectural Route 38

Mezubuninsha

Sanbyakuyosha

East Visitors' Route

Konren-in
Tengu
Cedar
Tree

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Rokkakudō(Sutra Hall)

Jigen-in

4Temple Pagoda
to Buddhist
Priest Dōmyō

Shōwaryō162Kangi-in

ByakushinryōStartTea Room (Kasōan)West Visitors' Route

Hasedera Temple Parking Lot

Niōmon Gate

Susanō Shrine

Start

Tamakazura Great Gingko
Renga (Poetic Dialog) Bridge

Visitor Reception forEntering the Temple

113tree peony

Souketsuke(Akiba Gongen (Avatar))

Ishi (Stone) Kannon

Honbō

Photo spot

Hase River

Auditorium

First, pour wateron the left handusing a dipper.

Pour water on theright hand.

34Collect water on
your left hand
and rinse yourmouth.

Wash the lefthand.

Monzen Street

Main visitor's routes
Via Kaisandō Hall (Approx. 30 min.)
2 45 6 7 14 15 16 13 2

Hokki-in

Yokioki Tenman ShrineTemple Pagoda toBuddhist Priest Tokudō・Prayer

Via Okunoin (Inner Sanctuary) (Approx. 40 min.)Face the Buddha, and pray for wishes withjoining your palms together.

5 6 9 11 12 16 13 2

1 Front ofHasedera Temple）

Kintetsu Hasedera Station

NaraIkoma
Yamatosaidaiji

Ikoma
Han'na Highway

The main gate of Hase The two-story gate withsangen ikko (three baysone opening) irimoya
tsukuri hon warabuki(EastAsian
hip-and-gable roof structure with true rooftiles). On both sides are the Deva, and atop thegate is the Shaka Sanzon Jūroku Rakan Zō. The
current building was rebuilt in Meiji 27 (1894 AD).
The character of Hasedera was written byEmperor Go-Yōzei.

3 Treasure

4 Staircase corridorStorehouse

Located on the former site of one of Hasedera
Templeʼs six priest homes, Syōjō-in Temple.
The doors are opened in the spring and autumn
to publicly exhibit the Japanese National
Treasures and Important Cultural Assets thathave been transferred to Hasedera Temple.

It was built in Chōryaku 3(1039 AD) by Nakatomi noNobukiyo, Head of Kasuga
Taisha Shrine in appreciation
for the recovery of his childʼsdisease. It has about 200meters, 399 steps, and is divided into 3corridors (upper, middle, lower). The lower andmiddle corridors were rebuilt in Meiji 27 (1894AD) and hung with elegant Hase-style lanterns.

10 Five-storied
pagodaBuilt in Showa 29 (1954 AD),it was the ﬁrst ﬁve-storied
pagoda built in Japan after
the war, and is called the"Showa Pagoda". It is apagoda built in the pureJapanese style, with a red
tower body and a gold sōrin (top shaft), and thebrown cypress bark of the thatched roof creating aharmony with the background and giving oﬀ a glow.

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9 Original
It is called "Moto Hasedera"(Original Hasedera Temple) because
Dōmyō Shōnin (Buddhist PriestDōmyō) erected a dwelling place
here. In accordance with theimperial prayer of Emperor
Temmu. In Akamidori 1 (686AD), Dōmyō Shōnin cast a bronze plaque carved withthe Hokke Sutra (Thousand Budda Mult-Treasure
Pagoda), and enshrined it here as the principal object ofworship to alleviate the sickness of Emperor Temmu.

Nara

Nara

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YoshinoŌyodoWakayama↓Souketsuke is used by visitors as a rest area, andto protect from ﬁres within the precincts, Akiba
Gongen is enshrined here. The god commonly
known as Ishi-kannon (stone kannon) isenshrined next to Souketsuke.

寺谷長Route 165

山本総2 45At last, clean thedipper handle
with theremaining water.

PrefectureHeguri

Hasedera Temple

rhododendron hydrangea

Prefecture

Osaka

Matsubara Junction

Maple

・Puriﬁcation Before worshipping the Buddha, we clean mind and body.
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It commemorates the1150 th year sincepassing into Nirvanaof Kōbō-Daishi, thefounder of Shingon Buddhism, and was constructedentirely of cypress in Showa 59 (1984 AD). The
detailed block prints "Hasedera Temple Two
World Mandala" are enshrined on both sides ofDaishi. On the 21 of each month, a Buddhistceremony for Kōbō-Daishi is held.

To TokyoKyoto

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To Shin OsakaKyoto

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8 Kōbō-Daishi

This is how we worship

Fumon-in

Text Monument Hailing theEleven-Faced Kanzeonbosatsu Hasedera Temple
Poetry Monument

It houses the Daikōdō (auditorium), drawing room, etc.
which are the fundamental training halls for Jisō(practical) and Kyōsō (theoretical) work. It was erected inKanbun 7 (1667 AD) using donations from the Tokugawa
Shogun, but in Meiji 44 (1911 AD) it burned down. The
current building was rebuilt in Taisho 13 (1924 AD). It is amagniﬁcent building constructed entirely of cypress, andwas registered as a Nara Prefectural Designated Tangible
Cultural Asset on March 30, Heisei 24 (2012 AD).

↑Gosho cherry trees

13 Main priest home

It enshrines TokudōShōnin (Buddhist
Priest Tokudō), thefounder of Hasedera Temple. It also enshrines
the principal objects of worship of each pilgrimage site of the Saigoku San-ju-sansho (Kansai
33 Pilgrimage Sites). On the second day of
every month, a service of dedication for
Tokudō Shōnin is held.

Miedō

Fumon-in Acala Hall
Pine tree planted by the Emperor

A tatchu temple (minor temple) of Hasedera
Temple. The Shōdō (Kōgyō-Daishidō Hall) andRaidō (Worship Hall) together are called theBodai-in.
Every month, a ceremony of dedication is held on
the ﬁfth for Sennyo Sōjō (Buddhist Bishopgh(Inner Sanctuary)

12 Dharanidō

7 Kaisandō

3

Baishin-in

Dharanidō

One of the sacred sitesof the Yamato Seven
Lucky Gods/Eight Treasures sacred site Daikokuten
came to Japan together with Mikkyō (Vajrayana),andsyncretizedtheirtraditions
withOkuninushi-no-mikoto of Shinto. These statues of 4 shaku
5 sun (about 140cm) in height are said to have been madeby Kōbō-Daishi. They oﬀer the divine beneﬁts of bringing
prosperity to business, protecting the kitchen andensuring suﬃcient food, and bringing riches to people.

Shūhōzō

12Okunoin

A hall in which eternal memorial services for theworship of the ancestors are made with the Jizo
Bosastu as the principal object. The bones
entrusted to the hall and the erected memorialtablets are enshrined, and at the end of eachmonth a dedication service is held.

HiHidenaga Toyotomi
Memorial Pagoda

Shunzeieika Mound
Monument Teika
Two cedar trees

Gachirin-in

Noborirō
Kōgyō-Daishi Dō

Ki no Tsurayuki
Hometown Plum Tree

Zaōdō

(Daikokuten of
Wealth and Treasures)wa

Honkon Kojirin

Takinokura Shrine
Meihan National Route 25

Ｕchibutai (Indoor stage)
11 Ossuary

6 Daikokudō

Nōman-inAmulet Conferring Station

Hongan-inTemple Pagoda to Buddhist
Bishop Sennyo of the Buzan
sect of Shingon Buddhism

8Sansha Gongen
AizendōKeina

11Renge Valley6Moto Hasedera

Main Hall

Main Hall built suspended on a precipitous cliﬀ on themountainside of Ohatsuse Mountain on the south side.
About 16.3 meters between pillars is arranged along thelength (frontage) of the front side, and the beams in thedepth direction have about 9 meters between them, with
an irimoya tsukuri hon warabuki (East Asian
hip-and-gable roof structure with true roof tiles). TheGejin (outer worship area for general public) of the Raidō(Worship Hall) is somewhat lower than the Shōdō (areafor the main priest), with about 16.3 meters between thepillars, about 7.2 meters between the beams, and the East
Asian hip-and-gable roof structure with true roof tiles.

Gojō

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24Kintetsu Line
JR LineMajor roads

169 Kawakami

Shimoichi

Visiting the 33 Kansai Pilgrimage sites#6 Tsubosaka Temple#7 Oka黒滝村
Temple#9 Kōfukuji Nan'endō

Hokki-in Temple#8 Hasedera Temple
川上村

Aﬃliated sacred sites

Yamato Seven Lucky Gods/
Eight Treasures sacred site

Shinbutsu Reijōkai

Yamatoji Shūrei Hachi-Jū-Hachi-Men
Kannon Reijō