Byōdō-in

The Byodo-in (Japanese平等 院) is a 998 erbauter in the Heian period Buddhist temple in the Japanese city of Uji ( Kyoto Prefecture ).

As a Buddhist temple, the building was only established in 1052 by Fujiwara no Yorimichi. The previous owner, Minamoto no Toru, used the building as a kind of villa.

History

The Genpei War officially began with the First Battle of Uji (1180 ) on the bridge over the Uji -gawa near the temple, and finally in the temple itself, between Minamoto no Yorimasa, Prince Mochihito and warrior monks of Mii -dera on the one hand and Taira no Kiyomori on the other side. Yorimasa committed in the Phoenix Hall, the first recorded Seppuku a samurai in the face of defeat.

Temple

The Byodo-In consists of a central hall, flanked by two wing corridors on both sides and a rear corridor. In the central hall built in 1053, also Amida Hall or since the early Edo period Phoenix Hall called, is a portrait of the Amida Buddha. On the roof of the hall are statues of Feng Huang (in Japanese hoo ) - often translated as Phoenix. The hall and various other items in the Byodo-in are national treasures of Japan.

In the context of civil unrest in 1336 burned more buildings on the site of the temple. Right on the front of the temple pond is created. In 1997 he was dredged for archaeological excavations.

Presence

In Japan, the duration and the cultural significance of Byodo-in is thought by allowing depict his front view on the 10 yen coin, as well as one of the two phoenixes of the roof on the new 10,000 - yen note.

In December 1994, the building was named, along with other sites in the Kyoto Prefecture by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site Historic Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities ).

An original and scale replica of the temple was erected in 1968 in the Valley of the Temples on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

The back of the 10 yen coin depicts the Phoenix Hall of the Byodo-in

Cut the back of the 10,000 -yen note

Phoenix statue on the actual Byodo-in