houman tera

📍 Kagoshima, 宝満寺（ほうまんじ）は、志布志市 · houman tera ( houmanji ) ha , kako shima ken shibushi shi shibushi chou niatta risshuu jiin . seishikimei ha ( risshuu hi yama mikkyou in houman tera ) to shoushi ta . kako shima ken shitei shiseki .

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Sect 律宗

Principal 如意輪観音（運慶作と伝わる）

Founded 神亀年間（聖武天皇勅願）、正和5年（1316年）再興

Founder 聖武天皇（勅願）、信仙英基（1316年再興）

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History

Houman-ji, formally known as Risshu Hizanmikkyo-in Houman-ji, was a Risshu Buddhist temple in Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, now designated a Kagoshima Prefectural Historic Site. It is said to have been founded during the Jinki era at the imperial request of Emperor Shomu. In 1316, a disciple of the monk Ninsho named Shingen Eiki rebuilt the temple and enshrined as its principal image a Nyoirin Kannon statue attributed to the master sculptor Unkei, brought from the Saidai-ji temple in Nara. Revered for miraculous efficacy in safe childbirth, the temple flourished as one of the Three Great Temples of Satsuma. It was abolished in the anti-Buddhist purges of 1869 and today only foundation stones and a restored garden remain.