Title Kannondo Hall

  • Kyoto
Topic(s):
Shrines/Temples/Churches
Medium/Media of Use:
Web Page
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Byodoin
Associated Address:
116 Renge, Uji, Uji-shi , Kyoto

観音堂

観音堂は、鎌倉時代初期(1185–1333)に元の本堂の跡地に建設された。しかし、その建築スタイルは古典的な天平時代(710–794)の特徴だった。かつては本堂横の建物、釣り殿として機能していた。

このシンプルな御堂は、特筆すべき耐久性を持っている。平等院の長い歴史の中で、多くの寺院の宝物や御堂、塔が火事で失われ、鳳凰堂、観音堂のみが残された。観音堂は、鳳凰堂や鐘楼ほど古くはないが、木造建築物のように、何世紀にもわたる火、戦争、地震、天候に耐えてきた。

観音堂の本尊は十一面観音で、傍に立つ地蔵菩薩は平等院のミュージアム鳳翔館で拝観することができる。観音堂は現在、改装のため訪問者に閉鎖されている。


Kannondo Hall

The Kannondo Hall was constructed in the early Kamakura period (1185–1333) on the former site of the original main hall. Its classical Tenpyo-period (710–794) design predates the actual construction by some 500 years. The Hall once functioned as a side pavilion (tsuridono) building on the side of the main hall.


It is remarkable that this simple hall has survived. During the long history of Byodoin, many of the temple’s treasures, halls, and towers have been lost in fires, leaving only the Phoenix Hall, the Kannondo, and the temple Bell Tower from its early period. The Kannondo is not as old as the Phoenix Hall, but, like those other wooden structures, it has survived centuries of fire, war, earthquakes, and weather.


The main object of worship of the Kannondo is the Eleven-headed Kannon (Sk. Avalokiteshvara). The Jizo that once stood at one side can be seen in the Byodoin Hoshokan Museum.


The hall is currently closed to visitors for renovation.


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