Dōjō-ji

Dōjō-ji (道成寺) is a Tendai school Buddhist temple in Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 701, it has given name to a number of plays, the statues of Senjū Kannon, Nikkō Bosatsu, and Gakkō Bosatsu are National Treasures, and there are a number of other Important Cultural Properties.[1][2]

Dōjō-ji 道成寺
Hondō (1357) and Three-storey pagoda (1763)
Religion
Affiliation	Tendai
Deity	Senjū Kannon
Location
Location	1738 Kanemaki, Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture
Country	Japan
Architecture
Completed	701
Website
www.dojoji.com

Buildings

• Hondō (1357); 7x5 bay, single-storey, irimoya-zukuri, tiled roof; (Important Cultural Property)[3]
• Niōmon (1694); 3 bay, single-door rōmon, irimoya-zukuri, tiled roof; (Important Cultural Property)[4]
• Three-storey pagoda (1763) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)[5]
• Shoin (1702) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)[5]

Treasures

Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (Heian period) (National Treasure)

Dōjō-ji Engi emaki (Muromachi period); Important Cultural Property

• Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (木造千手観音立像) (Heian period) (National Treasure)[6]
• Wooden statues of Nikkō Bosatsu and Gakkō Bosatsu (木造菩薩立像 (伝日光・月光菩薩)) (Heian period) (National Treasures)[7]
• Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (木造千手観音立像) (Nara period) (Important Cultural Property)[8]
• Wooden-core lacquer statue of Senjū Kannon (木心乾漆千手観音立像) (Nara period) (Important Cultural Property)[9]
• Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (木造十一面観音立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)[10]
• Wooden statue of Bishamonten (木造毘沙門天立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)[11]
• Wooden statues of the Four Heavenly Kings (木造四天王立像) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)[12]
• Wooden statues of the Shaka Nyorai Triad (木造釈迦如来坐像及び両脇侍立像) (Nanboku-chō period) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)[13]
• Dōjō-ji Engi emaki (紙本著色道成寺縁起), two scrolls (Muromachi period) (Important Cultural Property)[14][15]
• Dōtaku (Yayoi period) (Prefecturally-designated Cultural Property)[13]

Anchin and Kiyohime

Dōjōji, Noh play

The story of the monk Anchin (安珍) and his spurned lover Kiyohime (清姫) who, devoured by her passion and jealousy, turns into a serpent and pursues him to his destruction, is the subject of the Noh play Dōjōji, known for the rare prominence of its dramatic prop, the temple bell;[16][17] as well as the Kabuki play Musume Dōjōji with its long onnagata buyō.[18]

See also

• Dōjōji (Noh play)
• Noh
• Japanese folklore
• List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures)

References

1. "Dojoji Temple". Hidakagawa Town. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
2. "Dojoji". Wakayama Prefecture. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
4. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
5. "Wakayama bunkazai". Wakayama Prefecture. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
6. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
7. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
8. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
9. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
10. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
11. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
12. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
13. "Wakayama bunkazai". Wakayama Prefecture. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
14. "Database of National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
15. Waters, Virginia Skord (1997). "Sex, Lies, and the Illustrated Scroll: The Dojoji Engi Emaki". Monumenta Nipponica. Sophia University. 52 (1): 59–84. doi:10.2307/2385487.
16. Keene, Donald (1970). 20 Plays of the Nō Theatre. Columbia University Press. pp. 238–252. ISBN 0-231-03455-5.
17. Klein, Susan Blakeley (1991). "When the Moon Strikes the Bell: Desire and Enlightenment in the Noh Play Dojoji". Journal of Japanese Studies. The Society for Japanese Studies. 17 (2): 291–322. doi:10.2307/132744.
18. "Kabuki repertoire - Kyoganako musume dojoji". National Theatre of Japan. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

External links

• (in Japanese) Dōjō-ji - homepage
• (in English) Dōjō-ji - English language site