Jingo-ji

Jingo-ji holds sixteen National Treasures of Japan. They include the honzon and other statues. Another treasure is a list written by Kūkai in 812 called the and displays some of Kukai's talent for calligraphy. This list contains people and deities in 812 who underwent the abhisheka at Takaosan-ji presided by Kūkai. The Buddhist Sutra "Bimashōkyō", translated by Guṇabhadra, was handed down at the temple. It is "one of the a volume from the Issaikyō (a Buddhist corpus), commonly known as Jingo-ji kyō, the corpus originally consisted of more than 5,400 volumes in total, but only 2,317 still remain as the rest were scattered outside the temple." == Buildings ==

Buildings at Jingo-ji have been destroyed by fire and war. Of the original buildings, only the Daishi-dō survived the Ōnin War; even the present Daishi-dō is of uncertain date. Itakura Katsushige, a daimyō and former Kyoto shoshidai in the Tokugawa shogunate, commissioned a major reconstruction in 1623. Another reconstruction took place in the 1930s with a contribution from Gendō Yamaguchi. Present structures include the following: • Rōmon (1623) • Kondō (金堂, 1934), housing the central image of Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Healing. • Bishamon-dō (1623) • Godai-dō (五大堂, 1623), housing statues of Fudō Myōō and other wrathful deities. • Bell tower (1623) • Daishi-dō (大師堂, date unrecorded) • Tahōtō (1934) The temple is located above the , and has a special built on the grounds. Visitors can purchase tiny plates made of clay to throw out from the famous cliffs, the , overlooking Kiyotaki River, with the hopes of one's plate hitting the river far below. Buses from the center of the city arrive at a stop alongside the road. A long set of stairs leads down to the river, and a short bridge leads across it. A similar set of stairs leads up to the gate of the temple. == See also ==