The Formation of the Ishiyama-dera Legend

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  • 石山寺開基伝承の形成
  • イシヤマデラ カイキ デンショウ ノ ケイセイ

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There is a legendary episode about the foundation of Ishiyama-dera, the old temple of the Shingon-shu sect in Omi. According to the legend, it was founded on the site where in the Nara Period a saint named Kinpozan-Kongozou-Bosatsu showed her oracle when the prayer was offered to the saint for a large amount of gold to gild the image of Buddha of Todai-ji Temple with. As is discussed in this essay, it is highly possible that the legend was formed in the early tenth century by the Shingon-shu monks who were greatly influenced by Shoho, the founder of Daigo-ji Temple. Especially when his most faithful successor Junyu came to the temple, he must have contributed much to its formation.

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