komyoji

An exceptionally prominent gate of the Town Hall's pedestrianized is Komyoji Romon (Temple Gate or Sanmon , and is precisely the
three-emancipation Gate, Gedatsu in Buddhist circles), it is the Bell Tower Gate which hung Temple Bell(Bonsho) of the copper banf.
Kansei 9 year (1797 year) during the new Year, the temple gate collapsed due to heavy snow, and the rebuilding of the Bunka 2 year
(1805 year, Shogunate rejects Russia commerce demands) has become an elaborate construction of the late Edo period.
Enduring the big shaking of the East Japan big earthquake, the figure that is standing is touching sight!
Although the damage is seen over the course of 200 years, it is now very difficult to gather the material of such cypress to rebuild.
Aizu Bange town is the only Bell Tower Gate(Shyoromon) and is designated as a tangible cultural property of the town.
Now ! here is the quiz. Several animals are carved in the lower transom. Well, what kind of animals? Turning around the gate and
look around.
Although there is no such splendor as the Youmei-mon gate of Nikko Toshyogu Shrine in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, it is a
cultural asset of the town which can feel the breath of culture of Edo period.
The photo is the Hockai-Ji temple Romon(temple gate)

It is located in just behind of the town hall. Genki 2 year(the year in which 1571 year, Nobunaga Oda burned the Enryaku-ji temple
of Mt.Hiei) was founded. Owa 4 year (964 year, Heian period, from this time Mr. Fujiwara’s regency government begins) when the
Kuya-Shonin was on tour to preach in Aizu Fuyukizawa Hachiyou-ji temple founded(Kawahigashi town, Aizu Wakamatsu city) was
created (from Aizu-kuji-zacko).Shining in western place here built a Soan, the Dojo the prayer to the Buddha called Komyo-an.
Tensho 3 year(1575 year, Nobunaga Oda and Ieyasu Tokugawa's Allied army was defeats Katsuyori Takeda in the Battle of
Nagashino) a monk Gyugan from Boso(Chiba Prefecture)lives n the Komyo-in in Bange village of Inagawa-sho and renews the
Komyo-in to the Komyo-ji temple(from Shin-pen-Aizu-fudoki). The main hall is the architecture of Enkyo 3 year (1746 year, the most
later years of Yoshimune Tokugawa).
Bunka 1 year (1804 year, when Napoleon became emperor) in reconstructed . Kansei 9 year(1797 year) The Sanmon (Temple Gate)
collapsed due to heavy snowfall at the New Year, Bunka 2 year (1805 year, Shogunate rejects Russia commerce demands) at
reconstruction, The Romon (Four-pillar Gate) of the masterpiece of the late Edo is get a lot of looks.
The principal image is wooden statue of Amida-Nyorai of Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Two Attendants statue, Kannon and Seishi-Bosatsu. Other, statue of Founder of a religious of Zendo-Daishi and Honen-Shonin are
enshrined. A richly colored pattern is drawn on the ceiling, the colmun, and Raigo-wall of in main hall chancel, and in a horizontal
piece of timber is enshrined in the thousands of Buddhist images, which was dedicated to the middle of Edo period and has 800
bodies. In the Gejin the Jyuo statue is enshrined, and both the inside and outside, the interior is heavily represent the early modern
Jyodo style.
The Juo Buddha is the one to been shrined by building the Jyuo Hall separately if it is original, and dismantling because the rot of
the Hall at the beginning of the Taisho period became violent, and moved the Juo Buddha to the main hall.
Reminiscent of the Jyodo faith of in the early modern, the Main Hall is enough well worth seeing. Prior permission is necessary for
the visit in the main hall..
The world-famous woodblock print artist, graveyard of Kiyoshi Saitou and his wife.
Location: Chaya-machi, Aizu Bange town
Prior permission is necessary for the visit in the main hall.
Please contact the Aizu Bange town Tourism Product Association (℡ 0242-83-2111) in advance.
(Welcome map Aizu Bange town Central area map)

Enshrined on the left immediately after entering the temple gate, a small but respectable shrine called "Kotaki Inari shrine ".
It was originally a residence god of the Kotaki house (Kotaki store of Hashimoto's autonomy Association), by the telling of the dream
of one day,transfer to the Honjin (around Town Hall Building), in addition it was said that relocation of a shrine to the
Komyo-ji.
When child is troubled by cry in the night, make a pilgrimage to this Inari, it is said that it stops crying, miracle have been
miraculous and faith for a long time.
Mothers and fathers of trouble in the cry of the child, how about you try to rely the Komyoji Inari once?