Virtual Akashi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #5 Ryosen-ji Temple

 

     Ryosen-ji Temple was founded in Fujie Village, Akashi County, Harima Province, in 1254 by Priest Kakushin (1207-1289).  Later, in 1701, Priest Houn revived it and converted it to the Linji Chan Sect.  The hall was destroyed by fire in 1803, but was rebuilt three years later in 1806.

     In Fujie Village, Kakinomoto Hitomaro (662-710) composed a tanka poem:

I fish for sea bass at the Fujie Cove.

I wonder if they take me to be a local fisherman

While I'm just a traveler.

     The village was documented in the Wamyo Ruijusho, namely Japanese Names for Things Classified and Annotated,  which was a Japanese dictionary compiled in 938.

     A temple school was held in the main hall, and when the school system was established in 1872, Futae Elementary School was opened.  Futae refers to Fujie and Matsue.  The current main hall was newly built in 1941.

     The temple’s Buddhist tanka poem is:

Ryusen-ji Temple transforms itself

According to each of our enlightenments.

How grateful we are!

Address: 1305 Fujie, Akashi, Hyogo 673-0044

Phone: 078-923-6001