Taiyu-ji Temple
Taiyu-ji Temple
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3.5
73 reviews
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Very good
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Average
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Wingfield73
Chiang Mai, Thailand1,037 contributions
Dec 2019
We came across this temple by chance on our first day while exploring the streets around Umeda station looking for a restaurant. Its not spectacular - simply an oasis of calm in a very busy city and we found it delightful.Paradoxically in the red light district!
Written 3 February 2020
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Matt-Raudsep
Seattle, WA7 contributions
Sept 2011 • Solo
Very nice temple for an early morning stroll; be sure to go to the back area to see the hidden away grotto, with meditative water fountain...wonderful zen like pond; if you close your eyes, the sound of cars in the distance sound like ocean waves. Someone was playing a koto today, for a Sunday morning stroll-lovely experience.
Written 18 September 2011
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Kwakaku
Sakai, Japan2,213 contributions
Apr 2022
I stepped out of Higashi-Umeda Station Exit No.4, and walked through a narrow watering-hole alley east. I went under an elevted highway. After a couple of blocks, I found Taiyu-ji Temple on my left.
Kukai (774-835) found a holy tree with fragrance in the forest where Taiyu-ji Temple is located today. He carved Ksitigarbha and Vaisravana statues out of the wood, built a hermitage, and enshrined the statues in it. Emperor Saga (786-842) found the story interesting and visited the statues next year. He presented his own guardian Buddhist image, which is the thousand-armed Sahasrabhuja statue, the main deity of Taiyu-ji Temple.
In 843, the emperor's 12th son, Minamoto Toru (822-895), visited the hermitage, presented 8 hectares of land, built a full-scale temple, and named it Taiyu-ji as his name Toru was also pronounced Yu in the Chinese-style pronunciation.
In the Siege of Osaka in 1615, the temple burned down. It was revived at the turn of the 18th century. The temple was reduced to ashes in one of 5 air raids in June, 1945. The Sahasrabhuja statue, however, had evacuated to Mt. Koya, and had a narrow escape from danger.
Kukai (774-835) found a holy tree with fragrance in the forest where Taiyu-ji Temple is located today. He carved Ksitigarbha and Vaisravana statues out of the wood, built a hermitage, and enshrined the statues in it. Emperor Saga (786-842) found the story interesting and visited the statues next year. He presented his own guardian Buddhist image, which is the thousand-armed Sahasrabhuja statue, the main deity of Taiyu-ji Temple.
In 843, the emperor's 12th son, Minamoto Toru (822-895), visited the hermitage, presented 8 hectares of land, built a full-scale temple, and named it Taiyu-ji as his name Toru was also pronounced Yu in the Chinese-style pronunciation.
In the Siege of Osaka in 1615, the temple burned down. It was revived at the turn of the 18th century. The temple was reduced to ashes in one of 5 air raids in June, 1945. The Sahasrabhuja statue, however, had evacuated to Mt. Koya, and had a narrow escape from danger.
Written 8 May 2022
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Kimitaka S
Taichung, Taiwan15,404 contributions
Dec 2019 • Solo
Taiyu-ji Temple is located not far from Subway Higashi-Umeda station. From JR Osaka station, it is also within a walking distance. Unfortunately the surrounding is now a red light district. But this temple has a long history, and there is a grave of Yodo, the mother of Toyotomi Hideyori.
Written 15 December 2019
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yokurebo
Suita, Japan
寺院の家紋で寺紋と呼ばれていますね、
見られたのは上部に一文字、下部に三ツ星で「一文字三星」と呼ばれるものだと思います。
「一文字三星」は大江氏一族の家紋で、源頼朝の側近であった大江広元が有名です。大江氏の祖といわれる平城天皇の第一皇子が一品親王と呼ばれていたため、それを図案化したのではないかと言われています。
またこの家紋は戦国時代で有名な毛利家の家紋で、大江氏の子孫にあたります。
太融寺と毛利家の関係は、空襲で資料が焼けほとんど残っていないそうでよくわからないみたいです。
ちなみに太融寺にゆかりのある人で源融という人がいるのですが、彼の子孫に渡辺氏という一族がいます。この渡辺氏の家紋は「三つ星に一文字」です。毛利家の家紋とは上下反対の家紋です。
Written 9 November 2019
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