nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: He was revered by Sesshu, an artist-monk of Shokoku-ji Temple, as a founder and was admitted by the Kano School as the founder of Chinese style painting in Japan.
Japanese: 相国寺の画僧雪舟に祖と仰がれ、狩野派などによって日本における漢画の祖としての地位を与えられた。
English: Hibutsu are Buddhist images that are normally withheld from public view for religious reasons; they are enshrined in zushi (miniature shrines in temples) with the doors closed.
Japanese: 秘仏（ひぶつ）とは、信仰上の理由により非公開とされ、厨子などの扉が閉じられたまま祀られる仏像を指す。
English: In Buddhist temples, the doors of the Butsudo (Buddhist shrine) are normally open so that the Buddhist image can be seen from outside, but zushi that enshrine hibutsu are usually closed except for a certain period when the hibutsu are unveiled to the public.
Japanese: 仏教寺院では、仏堂の扉を開いた際に仏像が見えるように祀るのが本来であるが、「秘仏」は開帳以外の時は厨子の扉を閉じたまま祀られている。
English: The practice of retaining Buddhist images, which were intended as idols for worship, in zushi with the doors closed is quite unique in Japan even among East Asian countries where Buddhism has prevailed.
Japanese: 元来、礼拝のための偶像である仏像を扉を閉じた厨子等に納め「秘仏」とすることは、東アジアの仏教圏の中でも特に日本に顕著な現象である。
English: In this country, hibutsu are often found with Buddhist images that are the principal icons of well-known temples, as well as the temples that are deep-rooted in folk beliefs, including pilgrim stamp offices of the 33 Temples of Saigoku, fudasho (temples where amulets are collected) and those in reijo (sacred ground).
Japanese: この国では著名な寺院の本尊で秘仏とされているものが多く、西国三十三箇所の札所寺院をはじめ、札所、霊場などの庶民信仰に支えられた寺院の本尊にも秘仏が多い。
English: Some hibutsu are so-called 'absolute hibutsu,' which are completely withheld from public view, but most are unveiled to the public on specific days (this practice is called 'gokaicho' or 'kaihi,' both meaning 'opening the gate').
Japanese: 秘仏には、全く公開されない「絶対の秘仏」も一部にあるが、特定の日に限って公開（「御開帳」「開扉」などと称する）を行うことが多い。
English: Like the Amida (Amitabha) triad image at Zenko-ji Temple in Nagano, some Buddhist images have never been unveiled to the public; a statue called 'omaedachi,' a copy of the hibutsu (literally, 'standing in front'), is exhibited on the day of 'gokaicho.'
Japanese: 長野・善光寺の阿弥陀三尊像のように、本尊像は絶対の秘仏で、「御開帳」の際に姿を見せるのが「お前立ち」と称する代わりの像になっている場合もある。
English: So far, no major progress has been made in the research on when and why hibutsu came into existence; the questions remain unanswered.
Japanese: 秘仏の発生時期や要因については本格的な研究が進んでおらず、確かなことはわかっていない。
English: At least, there is no record about hibutsu in or before the Nara period.
Japanese: 少なくとも奈良時代以前には特定の仏像が秘仏であるとする記録は知られていない。
English: According to 'Koryu-ji Temple sizai kotai jitsuroku cho,' an inventory list of Koryo-ji Temple's assets (completed around 890), the principal image of its Kon-do hall, 'Reiken-yakushi-butsu' (the Healing Buddha), was placed in the 'naiden' (inner shrine) that can be locked; this reveals that the Yakushi Buddha image was treated as a hibutsu by the end of the 9th century at the latest.
Japanese: 京都・広隆寺の資財についての記録である「広隆寺資財交替実録帳」（寛平2年・890年頃成立）には、同寺金堂本尊の「霊験薬師仏」が鍵のかかる「内殿」に安置されていたことが明記され、この薬師像が遅くとも9世紀末には秘仏扱いされていたことを伺わせる。
English: The doors of the main hall of a Shinto shrine are usually closed and occasionally opened for special rituals as well (this practice is also seen in kamidana (household Shinto alters) and soreisha (alters that enshrine the souls of ancestors), which are usually closed and opened only for specific services).
Japanese: 神社の本殿の扉もまた、普段は閉じられており、特定の祭祀の時にのみ扉が開かれる場合があるからである（他に神棚や祖霊舎もまた、普段は扉が閉じられており、特定の祭祀の時にのみ扉が開かれる場合がある）。
English: Although Shinto god images came into existence by the early Heian period under the influence of Buddhist sculpture, they were secretly placed deep inside the shrines as 'go-shintai' (an object of worship) and were seldom unveiled to the public.
Japanese: 仏像彫刻の影響を受けて、平安時代初期頃から神像、つまり神道の神の彫像も作られるようになるが、これらは「御神体」として社殿の奥深くに秘められ、一般の人の目に触れることはなかった。
English: It is said that the temples of the Shingon and Tendai Sects have relatively more hibutsu than those of Jodo (Pure Land) Sect and the Zen Sect.
Japanese: 秘仏を有する寺院は真言宗系、天台宗系に比較的多く、浄土教系、禅宗には比較的少ないことが指摘されている。
English: When seen by Buddhist image, hibutsu are more often found with Yakushi Nyorai (Buddha of Medicine and Healing) images, which are often worshipped as the principle image of Esoteric Buddhism temples, and with Kannon Bosatsu (Goddess of Mercy), which includes Juichimen Kannon (Eleven-faced Avalokiteshwara), Senju Kannon (Thousand Armed Avalokiteshwara), and Nyoirin Kannon (the Bodhisattva of Compassion), and Fudo Myoo (Acala, one of the Five Wisdom Kings); thus, hibutsu are considered to have a bearing on Esoteric Buddhism.
Japanese: 尊像別では、密教寺院の本尊とされることが多い薬師如来や、観音菩薩（十一面観音、千手観音、如意輪観音などを含む）、不動明王などが秘仏とされることが多いことから、密教との関連も指摘されている。
English: Like Kangiten (Nandikesvara, Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon) (the figure of a man and a woman with elephant heads and human bodies embracing each other), erotic designs may have been hidden from public view as 'they may have caused the misunderstanding of the doctrine.'
Japanese: 歓喜天（聖天、象頭人身の男女が抱擁している姿に表わされる）のようにエロティックな像容に表わされ、「教義に対する誤解を招く恐れがある」と見なされる場合も秘仏となる場合がある。
English: When seen by sect, the temples of the Shingon and Tendai Sects are more relatively to withhold their principle images from public view.
Japanese: 宗派別では、真言宗および天台宗の寺院に本尊を秘仏とするところが比較的多い。
English: Among the principal images of the major temples of the Tendai Sect, the images of the following Buddhist gods are all treated as hibutsu: Yakushi Nyorai at the Konpon-chudo hall of Enryaku-ji Temple, Shaka Nyorai (Shaka Buddha) at the Saito-shaka-do hall of Enryaku-ji Temple, Miroku Bosatsu (Buddha of the Future) at the Kon-do hall of Onjo-ji Temple (also known as Miidera Temple), and Nyoirin Kannon at the Kannon-do hall of Onjo-ji Temple.
Japanese: 天台系の主要寺院では、延暦寺根本中堂本尊の薬師如来像、同寺西塔釈迦堂本尊の釈迦如来像、園城寺（三井寺）金堂本尊の弥勒菩薩像、同寺観音堂本尊の如意輪観音像などはいずれも秘仏である。
English: The Ashuku Nyorai (imperturbable Buddha, free from anger, considered identical to Yakushi Nyorai) image, the principal image of the Kon-do hall of Kongobu-ji Temple on Mt. Koya of the Shingon Sect, was destroyed by the fire of 1926 together with the hall that had housed it, leaving the image forever unknown as they had been strictly hidden from public view and no photograph had been taken.
Japanese: 真言宗では、高野山金剛峯寺金堂の本尊であった阿閦（あしゅく）如来像（薬師如来と同体ともいう）は1926年に堂とともに焼失してしまったが、厳重な秘仏で、写真撮影もされていなかったため、その像容は永遠に謎となってしまった。
English: But, this does not mean that no hibutsu are found within these temples: Zojo-ji Temple (Minato-ku Ward, Tokyo Prefecture), the main temple of the Jodo Sect, for example, treats the principal image of its Ankoku-den hall, the Amida Nyorai image (commonly known as Kuro-honzon) (literally, black principle image) as a hibutsu.
Japanese: ただし、これらの宗派に秘仏が皆無というわけではなく、たとえば浄土宗大本山の増上寺（東京都港区）安国殿本尊の阿弥陀如来像（通称黒本尊）は秘仏である。
English: Some images of Nyorai (Tathagata), Bosatsu (Bodhisattva), Myoo (Vidyaraja), and Tenbu (Celestial beings) are treated as hibutsu, and statues that typically do not fall in the category of 'Buddhist image,' including those of Suijaku (literally, trace manifestation) as Zao Gongen (the highest-ranking deity worshipped in Japanese mountain asceticism), and the Soshizo (sect founder images), as the image of Jianzhen are also treated as hibutsu.
Japanese: 如来像、菩薩像、明王像、天部像のいずれにも秘仏となっているものがあり、厳密には「仏像」の範疇に入らないが、蔵王権現のような垂迹像、鑑真像のような祖師像にも秘仏となっているものがある。
English: When seen by Buddhist image, Yakushi Nyorai, Kannon Bosatsu, and Fudo Myoo are more likely to be treated as Hibutsu; in general, Buddhist images worshipped at Esoteric Buddhism temples tend to be treated as hibutsu (Yakushi Nyorai, which is an exoteric Buddha, is often worshipped as the principle god of esoteric temples).
Japanese: 像種別には薬師如来、観音菩薩、不動明王に秘仏となっているものが比較的多く、秘仏は総じて密教系の仏に多いということが言える（薬師如来は顕教系の仏だが密教寺院で本尊とされることが多い）。
English: Although all pilgrim stamp office of the 33 Temples of Saigoku worship the Kannon images, most of them treat as hibutsu; out of 33 temples, those that treat them otherwise are limited to the following: Minamihokke-ji Temple (Also known as Tsunosaka-dera Temple), the 6th pilgrim stamp office, Ryugai-ji Temple (Also known as Oka-dera Temple), the 7th, Hase-dera Temple, the 8th, and Yoshimine-dera Temple, the 20th.
Japanese: 西国三十三箇所の札所寺院はすべて観音像を祀っているが、その大部分が秘仏であり、そうでないのは33か寺中、6番南法華寺（壺阪寺）、7番龍蓋寺（岡寺）、8番長谷寺、20番善峰寺の観音像のみとなっている。
English: Hibutsu unveiled for a relatively long period in every spring and fall: Kuze Kannon image (the god of salvation) at Horyu-ji Temple and Kisshoten (the goddess of beauty and prosperity) image at Joruri-ji Temple.
Japanese: 毎年春・秋などの一定の時期に比較的長く開扉されるもの（例：法隆寺の救世観音像、浄瑠璃寺の吉祥天像など）
English: Hibutsu unveiled once a month on a specific day: Senju Kannon image at Fujii-dera Temple in Osaka, where the image is unveiled on the 18th of each month, the day believed to have a bearing on the kannon.
Japanese: 毎月1回決まった日に開扉されるもの（例：観音の縁日である毎月18日に開扉される、大阪・葛井寺の千手観音像など）
English: Hibutsu unveiled only on one or several days in a year: Shukongoshin (a gate guardian) image at the Hokke-do hall of Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 1年のうち、1日ないし数日しか開扉されないもの（例：毎年12月16日のみ開扉される、東大寺法華堂の執金剛神像など）
English: Hibutsu unveiled only once in several years or decades: Senju Kannon, the principle image at Kiyomizu-dera Temple (Kyoto), which is unveiled to the public every 33 years.
Japanese: 数年ないし数十年に一度しか開扉されないもの（例：33年に一度の開扉とされている京都・清水寺本尊千手観音像など）
English: Many Kannon images are unveiled 'once every 33 years' because Kannon is believed to save the people by disguising itself into 33 different figures.
Japanese: 観音像に「33年に一度」の開扉とされるものが多いのは、観音は33の姿に変身して衆生を救うと経典に説かれていることによる。
English: Hibutsu not unveiled in principle or those with the exhibition period not determined: Fudo Myoo image at the Goei-do hall of To-ji Temple.
Japanese: 原則非公開で、開扉時期を特に定めていないもの（例：東寺御影堂の不動明王像など）
English: Absolute hibutsu (those not unveiled at all), even with their pictures not disclosed: Juichimen Kannon, the principle image at the Nigatsu-do hall of Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 絶対の秘仏で、写真も公開されていないもの（例：東大寺二月堂本尊十一面観音像など）
English: Kannon Bosatsu (Kuze Kannon) standing statue, the principle image of the Yume-dono hall of Horyu-ji Temple; the hall is the central hall of Toin (the east wing) of Horyu-ji Temple, which was built in the site of Ikaruga no miya (literally, Palace of Ikaruga) operated by Prince Shotoku.
Japanese: 法隆寺夢殿本尊　観音菩薩立像（救世観音）－夢殿は、聖徳太子が営んだ斑鳩宮の跡に建てられた法隆寺東院の中心堂宇である。
English: The Kuze Kannon image housed in a zushi placed in the middle of the hall is a wooden sculpture of the Aska period and considered to be the exact image of Prince Shotoku, and according to historical materials, this statue had already been treated as a hibutsu by the 12th century, the late Heian period.
Japanese: 堂内中央の厨子に安置される救世観音像は聖徳太子等身の像と伝える飛鳥時代の木彫像であるが、各種史料によれば平安時代後期の12世紀にはすでに秘仏とされていた。
English: According to the prevailing view, Tenshin OKAKURA (the forerunner of Japanese art educators and researchers) and Ernest Fenollosa (an American philosopher and an art historian), who visited Horyu-ji Temple in 1884 (or 1886), opened the door of the zushi by brushing aside the opposition from Buddhist priests; this is how the Kannon statue came into view for the first time in hundreds of years.
Japanese: 通説では1884年（1886年とも）、法隆寺を訪れた岡倉天心（日本の美術教育、美術史研究の先駆者）とアーネスト・フェノロサ（アメリカ人の哲学者、美術史家）が寺僧の反対を押し切って厨子の扉を開け、観音像は数百年ぶりに姿を現わしたとされる。
English: This story has almost become a legend; some say it unbelievable that the image had been completely kept out of sight for as long as hundreds of years before it was finally opened by Tenshin and Fenollosa.
Japanese: 天心とフェノロサによる秘仏開扉のエピソードは半ば伝説化しており、それ以前の数百年間、誰もこの観音像を見た者がいなかったのかどうかについては疑問視する向きもある。
English: Amida triad statue, the principle image of Shinshu Zenko-ji Temple; according to a record kept by the temple, the first Buddhist image presented to Japan by Sho Myoo (the King of Kudara, an ancient Korean kingdom) in the 6th century was somehow carried all the way to Nagano to become the principal image of the temple.
Japanese: 信州善光寺本尊　阿弥陀三尊像－寺伝によれば、6世紀に百済の聖明王から当時の日本へ献上された日本仏法最初の仏像が、さまざまな経緯で長野に運ばれたものが善光寺の本尊であるという。
English: This statue, which is known to have been treated as a hibutsu as early as the Kamakura period, is still an 'absolute hibutsu' even today.
Japanese: 善光寺の本尊は鎌倉時代にはすでに秘仏であったことが知られ、現代に至るまで「絶対の秘仏」とされている。
English: However, Zenko-ji Temple made a copy of the hibutsu called 'omaedachi-zo' (an important cultural property built in the Kamakura period, made of bronze), through which people can imagine what the hibutsu looks like.
Japanese: ただし、善光寺には秘仏本尊を模して作られたとされる「お前立ち像」（銅造、鎌倉時代作、重要文化財）があり、この像を通じて、秘仏本尊の像容を推測することができる。
English: The Omaedachi-zo statue, made up of Chuson (the principal statue in a group of Buddhist statues) and two Ryowakiji (statues standing at both sides of Chuson) features the Ikko-sanzon (meaning the three icons carrying one large halo) and has characteristics in style, the gods' inso (the shapes expressed with their fingers), the way they are dressed, and the hokan (crowns) worn by the Ryowakiji.
Japanese: 「お前立ち」像は中尊・両脇侍ともに立像で、三尊が1枚の大きな光背を背負っており（一光三尊形式という）、三尊の印相（両手の指で示す形）、服制、両脇侍の宝冠などにも特色がある。
English: These features are commonly seen in the kondo-butsu statues (gilt bronze Buddhist statues of the Three Kingdoms period of the Korean Peninsula); it is highly likely that the hibutsu of Zenko-ji Temple came over to Japan from the peninsula in quite ancient times.
Japanese: これらの特色は朝鮮半島の三国時代の金銅仏にもみられるものであり、善光寺の秘仏本尊がかなり古い時代に朝鮮半島から渡来した像である可能性は高い。
English: Amida triad images of so-called 'Amida triad images of Zenko-ji temple-style,' which are seen in temples across Japan, are of the same style.
Japanese: 日本各地の寺院にある「善光寺式阿弥陀三尊像」と呼ばれる三尊像も同様の形式のものである。
English: Zenko-ji Temple has the period of 'gokaicho' (opening the gate) once every 7 years (more precisely, every 6 years, as the year of gokaicho is counted as the first year), and even in that period, it is the 'omaedachi-zo' image, not the hibutsu, that is publicly displayed.
Japanese: 善光寺では7年目ごとに「御開帳」を行っているが（開帳の年を1年目と数えるため、実際は6年に一度）、この際も公開されるのは「お前立ち像」である。
English: Juichimen Kannon standing statue, the principal image of the Nigatsu-do hall of Todai-ji Temple; the hall locates at the foot of the mountain east of Daibutsu-den (the Great Buddha Hall) and is famous for its water-drawing festival called 'Omizutori.'
Japanese: 東大寺二月堂本尊　十一面観音立像－東大寺二月堂は、大仏殿東方の山麓に位置し、「お水取り」の行事で知られる。
English: Omizutori' is officially called Shunie (a Buddhist mass held in February by the lunar calendar), where people repent and confess all their sins and mistakes to Juichimen Kannon, the hall's principal image, and pray for their happiness and prosperity as well as their country's peace and stability.
Japanese: 「お水取り」は正式には修二会（しゅにえ）と言い、二月堂本尊の十一面観音に対してもろもろの罪や過ちを懺悔し、国家の安泰と人々の幸福を祈る行事である。
English: An inner room called naijin in the Nigatsu-do hall houses two Juichimen Kannon statues called O-gannon (big kannon) and Ko-gannon (small kannon), both of which have been treated as hibutsu and put under strict control, although it is not known since when they have been treated as such; even priests who perform the 'Omizutori' ritual never get to see them.
Japanese: 二月堂内陣には大観音（おおがんのん）、小観音（こがんのん）と称する2体の十一面観音像が安置されるが、いつの時代からか両方の像とも厳重な秘仏とされ、「お水取り」の行事を執り行う寺僧もこれらの像を目にすることはない。
English: However, only the halo of the Kannon which was damaged by the fire of the Nigatsu-do hall in 1667 has been retained in a different place and publicly exhibited (it has been deposited in Nara National Museum).
Japanese: 寛文7年（1667年）の二月堂火災の際に損傷した大観音の光背のみは別途保管され、公開されている（奈良国立博物館に寄託）。
English: The halo, made of bronze, 226 cm high, carries the images of many Bosatsu Buddha carved on its surface although it is heavily damaged, and is considered to have been made in the Nara period.
Japanese: この光背は銅造で高さ226cmあり、破損が激しいが、全面に線刻で多くの仏菩薩の像が表わされており、奈良時代の制作と考えられている。
English: As there are too many hibutsu in Japan, it is impossible to list them all here; we limit them to those that are well-known, including the ones designated as national treasures.
Japanese: 秘仏とされる仏像は日本各地に多く、本項でそのすべてを網羅することは不可能であるので、国宝指定物件をはじめ、著名なものに限った。
English: Kissho-ten standing statue (important cultural property) at Jyoruri-ji Temple (Kyoto): unveiled on January 1- 15, March 21 - May 20, and October 1 - November 30.
Japanese: 浄瑠璃寺（京都）吉祥天立像（重文）1月1日～15日、3月21日～5月20日、10月1日～11月30日開扉
English: Kannon Bosatsu (Kuze Kannon) standing statue, the principal image of the Yume-dono hall (national treasure): unveiled on April 11 - May 5, October 22 - November 3.
Japanese: 法隆寺（奈良）夢殿本尊　観音菩薩立像（救世観音）（国宝）4月11日～5月5日、10月22日～11月3日開扉
English: Aizen Myoo (Ragaraja) seated statue (important cultural property) at Saidai-ji Temple (Nara): unveiled in late October - early November.
Japanese: 西大寺(奈良市)（奈良）愛染明王坐像（重文）10月下旬～11月上旬開扉
English: Juichimen Kannon standing statue (national treasure) at Hokke-ji Temple (Nara); unveiled in late March - early April, early June, and late October - early November.
Japanese: 法華寺（奈良）十一面観音立像（国宝）3月下旬～4月上旬、6月上旬、10月下旬～11月上旬開扉
English: Juichimen Kannon standing statue (national treasure), the principal image of Domyo-ji Temple (Fujiidera City): unveiled on the 18th and 25th of each month and January 1 - 3.
Japanese: 道明寺(藤井寺市)（大阪）本尊　十一面観音立像（国宝）毎月18日、25日、1月1日～3日開扉
English: Prince Shotoku seated statue, the principal image of the Shoryoin the hall of Horyuji-Temple, and those of Yamashiro-o (Prince Shotoku's son), Eguri-o (Prince Shotoku's younger brother), Somaro-o (Prince Shotoku's younger brother), and Eji hoshi (a Buddhist priest from Korai, an ancient Korean kingdom) enshrined in the hall (all are national treasures): unveiled on March 22 - 24.
Japanese: 法隆寺（奈良）聖霊院本尊　聖徳太子坐像・山背王（やましろおう）・殖栗王（えぐりおう）・卒末呂王（そまろおう）・恵慈法師坐像（国宝）3月22日~24日開扉
English: Nyoirin Kannon seated statue (important cultural property), the principal image of Ishiyama-dera Temple (Shiga): unveiled every 33 years and on the year of enthronement.
Japanese: 石山寺（滋賀）本尊　如意輪観音坐像（重文）33年に一度と天皇即位の年に開扉
English: Ichijikinrin (Ekaaksarausnisacakra) seated statue (important cultural property) at Chuson-ji Temple (Iwate): unveiled on an irregular basis for special occasions.
Japanese: 中尊寺（岩手）一字金輪坐像（重文）特別の行事の際などに不定期に公開される。
English: The Omaedachi-zo image is unveiled once every 7 years (more precisely, every 6 years as the year in which the hibutsu is unveiled is counted as the first year).
Japanese: 前立ち像は7年目ごと（開帳の年を1年目とするので実際は6年に1回）開扉
English: Yakushi Nyorai standing statue, the principal image of the Konpon-chudo hall of Enryaku-ji Temple (Shiga): unveiled in 1998, 2000, and 2006.
Japanese: 延暦寺（滋賀）根本中堂本尊　薬師如来立像　1988年、2000年、2006年に開扉されたことがある。
English: Two Chisho-daishi (the posthumous name of Enchin, a priest of the Tendai sect in the early Heian period, the fifth head of Enryaku-ji Temple) seated statues (national treasures) at Onjo-ji Temple, called 'Chuson Daishi' and 'Okotsu Daishi.'
Japanese: 園城寺　智証大師（円珍）坐像（国宝）「中尊大師」、「御骨大師」の2体あり。
English: The Fudo Myoo (Acala, one of the Five Wisdom Kings) image (a painting and a national treasure) at Onjo-ji Temple is known as a hibutsu which has been handled with special care; the temple does not allow its picture to appear in books or other publications.
Japanese: 園城寺　不動明王像（黄不動、絵画、国宝）厳重な秘仏として知られ、寺では書籍等への写真掲載を厳しく制限している。
English: The Yakushi Nyorai seated statue, the principal image at Zensui-ji Temple (Shiga) (important cultural property) was unveiled in 1949 and 2001, and in 2005, it was displayed in the exhibition titled 'Faith and Syncretism: Saicho and the Treasures of Tendai' held in Kyoto National Museum.
Japanese: 善水寺（滋賀）本尊　薬師如来坐像（重文）1949年、2001年に開扉されたほか、2005年には京都国立博物館における「最澄と天台の国宝」展に出陳された。
English: The Fudo Myoo seated statue at the Mikage-do hall of To-ji Temple (Kyoto): it never been unveiled to the public except for the purpose of academic research.
Japanese: 東寺（京都）御影堂　不動明王坐像（国宝）学術調査以外に公開された記録なし。
English: The Yakushi Nyorai seated statue (national treasure), the principal image of the Reimei-den hall of Ninna-ji Temple (Kyoto) was unveiled to the public in 1986 for the first time for the purpose of academic research.
Japanese: 仁和寺（京都）霊明殿本尊　薬師如来坐像（国宝）1986年の学術調査で初めて開扉された。
English: The Kokuzo Bosatsu statue, the principal image of Horin-ji Temple (Saigyo-ku Ward, Kyoto City) is worshipped by people as the god of Jusanmairi (a practice of visiting the temple, celebrating their sons and daughters attaining manhood or womanhood at the age of thirteen).
Japanese: 法輪寺(京都市西京区)（京都）本尊　虚空蔵菩薩像　十三参りの本尊として信仰を集める。
English: The Juichimen Kannon standing statues, the principle image of the Nigatsu-do hall of Todai-ji Temple (Nara), come in two statues, O-gannon and Ko-gannon both of which have never been unveiled.
Japanese: 東大寺（奈良）二月堂本尊　十一面観音立像　大観音、小観音の2体があるが、いずれも絶対の秘仏。
English: The Zao Gongen standing statue, the principal image of Kinpusen-ji Temple (Nara), was unveiled during 2004 to 2005, commemorating that holy places and pilgrim routes in the Kii Mountain range had been registered as World Heritage.
Japanese: 金峯山寺（奈良）本尊　蔵王権現立像（重文）2004年から2005年にかけて、「紀伊山地の霊場と参詣道」の世界遺産登録を記念して開扉された。
English: Doki TETSUGYU (August 25, 1628 - October 2, 1700) was a Zen priest of the Obaku School in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 鉄牛道機（てつぎゅうどうき、寛永5年7月26日(旧暦)（1628年8月25日）-元禄13年8月20日(旧暦)（1700年10月2日））は、江戸時代前期の黄檗宗の禅僧。
English: After conducting ascetic training at Ryuho-ji Temple in Inaba Province (Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture), he practiced Zen meditation under the guidance of Ryuki INGEN, who was then staying in Nagasaki City, and was involved in the foundation of Manpuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 因幡国龍峯寺（鳥取県鳥取市）で修行後、長崎市に滞在していた隠元隆き（いんげんりゅうき）に参禅して萬福寺創建に従事した。
English: After that, he studied under Shoto MOKUAN, a leading disciple of INGEN, renamed himself Doki TETSUGYU and succeeded Mokuan's teachings.
Japanese: ついで隠元の高弟木庵性トウ（もくあんしょうとう）に師事して鉄牛道機と名を改め、その法を嗣いだ。
English: He endeavored to spread the teachings based on the philosophy of the convergence of teachings and Zen meditation, strove for the construction of Manpuku-ji Temple on Mt. Obaku in Uji, restored Kyoto Rakusei Hamuro Joju-ji Temple and founded Odawara Shotai-ji Temple in Sagami Province and Kofuku-ji Temple in Edo.
Japanese: 教禅一致の立場に立って教化につとめ、宇治黄檗山萬福寺の造営に尽くし、京都洛西葉室浄住寺を中興、相模国小田原紹太寺、江戸弘福寺などの開山となる。
English: He cooperated with Doko TETSUGEN in the publication of 'Daizokyo' (the Tripitaka) and also lent assistance in social work such as the reclamation of Tsubakinoumi sea in Sosa-gun of Shimofusa Province.
Japanese: 鉄眼道光の「大蔵経」の開版に協力し、下総国匝瑳郡の椿海の干拓などの社会事業にも力を入れた。
English: Upon the request of people, he later constructed Fukuju-ji Temple (Tosho-machi) (Tosho-machi, Chiba Prefecture) near the place where Tsubakinoumi had been located, and died there.
Japanese: その後、人々に乞われて椿海跡地近くに福聚寺(東庄町)（千葉県東庄町）を建ててそこで没した。
English: Doko TETSUGEN (February 12, 1630 - April 27, 1682) was a Zen priest of the Obaku School in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 鉄眼道光（てつげんどうこう、寛永7年1月1日(旧暦)（1630年2月12日）-天和(日本)2年3月20日(旧暦)（1682年4月27日））は、江戸時代前期の黄檗宗の僧。
English: However, as he was ashamed of becoming a high-ranking priest among Hongan-ji Temple priests, thanks to the high status of his temple, irrespective of his talent and virtue, he converted to Zen Sect in 1655 while practicing Zen meditation under Ryuki INGEN and succeeded the teachings of Shoto MOKUAN, a disciple of INGEN.
Japanese: が、本願寺宗徒では才徳がなくとも寺格の高下によって上座にあることを潔しとせず、1655年（明暦元年）隠元隆きに参禅して禅に帰依し、隠元の弟子木庵性トウの法を嗣いだ。
English: He endeavored to help residents of Kinai (the region in the vicinity of the capital) who were tormented by starvation and distributed, without stinting, the alms that were donated for the publication of Daizokyo (the Tripitaka).
Japanese: 畿内の飢えに苦しむ住民の救済にも尽力し、1度は集まった蔵経開版のための施財を、惜しげもなく飢民に給付し尽くした。
English: He swore by Buddha to publish "Daizokyo" in 1664 and collected alms in 1667 by making a pilgrimage throughout the nation.
Japanese: 1664年（寛文4年）に『大蔵経』を刊行することを発願し、1667年（寛文7年）には全国行脚を行って施材を集めた。
English: Although he had given up twice due to the above-mentioned circumstances, he finally succeeded in collecting alms at his third attempt and established Inkyobo (later Baiyo shoin) at Nijo, Kiya-machi, Kyoto, started to carve a woodblock in 1668 based on the Banreki edition of Ming, China, and finally completed it in 1678.
Japanese: 上述の事情によって、2度まで断念したが、3度目にしてようやく施財を集めることを得、京都の木屋町二条の地に印経房（のちの貝葉書院）を開設し、1668年（寛文8年）に中国明の万暦版を基に覆刻開版し、1678年（延宝6年）に完成させた。
English: The woodblock has been kept in Hozoin Temple on Mt. Obaku through the ages and Baiyo shoin has been printed as and when requested.
Japanese: その版木は、後世まで黄檗山の宝蔵院に収蔵され、貝葉書院を通じて、求めに応じて摺印が行なわれ続けている。