Title Graves of Tokoji Temple

  • Yamaguchi
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Shrines/Temples/Churches Annual Events
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
hagi・gaikokunokataniwakariyasuikaisetsubunseibisuishinkyogikai
Associated Address:
1647 Chinto, Hagi-shi , Yamaguchi

この墓地の一番奥には、毛利氏一族の奇数代(3、5、7、9、11代)藩主とその妻を祀った5組の大きな墓がある。各対の墓の前には大きな鳥居だけでなく、その藩主と夫人の業績を記した石柱が立っている。これらの柱の上部に向かって、藩主は(一行、三点の紋)、夫人は(植物の紋)が刻まれている。柱は石の亀の上に立てられていて、亀はそれぞれ独特の表情をしている。

これらの墓の周囲には何百もの石燈籠があり、それぞれが毛利家の家臣たちが藩主死後もその献身を示すものであった。灯篭の穴は紙でふさがれ、祖先の霊を弔うお盆8月15日に点灯される。

At the upper end of this cemetery are the graves of the odd-numbered (third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh) generations of the lords of the Mori and their wives. In front of each pair of graves is a stone pillar recording the achievements of the lord and lady buried beneath it. Near the top of these pillars, the male crest (one line, three dots) and female crest (three-leaf arrowhead leaves) of the Mori family are engraved. The pillars sit upon stone turtles, each with a unique face.

Surrounding these graves are hundreds of stone lanterns. Each was paid for by a retainer of the Mori to show his devotion. On August 15th the lanterns are lit, and their holes covered with paper as part of Obon, a Buddhist festival honoring ancestral spirits.

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