• Thumbnail for Dainichi Nyorai (Enjō-ji)
    The seated wooden statue of Dainichi Nyorai (木造大日如来坐像, mokuzō Dainichi Nyorai zazō) at the Shingon temple of Enjō-ji in Nara is the earliest and best-substantiated...
    25 KB (2,176 words) - 12:44, 19 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dainichi-ji (Itano)
    Dainichi-ji (大日寺) is a Tōji Shingon temple in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 4 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Dainichi...
    1 KB (109 words) - 05:47, 6 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Dainichi-ji (Kōnan)
    Dainichi-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Kōnan, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 28th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. "第28番札所 法界山 高照院 大日寺 – (一社)四国八十八ヶ所霊場会"...
    1 KB (88 words) - 05:50, 6 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Shikoku Pilgrimage
    the shrines of Kumano and Ise are notable exceptions. Kūkai, born at Zentsū-ji (Temple 75) in 774, studied in China, and upon his return was influential...
    37 KB (1,559 words) - 23:19, 30 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Itano, Tokushima
    Takamatsu Expressway Dainichi-ji, 4th temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage Jizō-ji, 5th temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage Konsen-ji, 3rd temple on the Shikoku...
    8 KB (458 words) - 00:10, 11 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Daikokuten
    Kūkai and was originally from Dainichi-ji (大日寺, in modern Nishikawa, Nishimurayama District), one of the four bettō-ji (administrative temples) of Mount...
    62 KB (6,439 words) - 15:46, 20 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vairocana
    Vairocana (redirect from Dainichi Nyorai)
    into East Asian languages as "Great Sun Buddha" (Chinese: 大日如來, Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai) Buddha. In the conception of the Five Jinas of Mahayana and Vajrayana...
    29 KB (3,057 words) - 07:28, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Manman-ji
    Chiba Yoritane in 1256, originally as a Shingon Buddhist temple named Dainichi-ji, with the assistance of the famed prelate Ninshō, and was located in...
    3 KB (211 words) - 21:04, 19 December 2023
  • Engaku-ji Hōkoku-ji Kenchō-ji Kōtoku-in Sōji-ji Chikurin-ji Dainichi-ji Hotsumisaki-ji Kongōchō-ji Kōnomine-ji Shinshō-ji Tosa_Kokubun-ji Zenjibu-ji Zenrakuji...
    9 KB (464 words) - 16:08, 12 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kongō-ji
    the Dainichi Nyorai dating to the late Heian period, c. 1180, and the Fudō Myōō from 1234, Kamakura period. They measure 313.5 cm (123.4 in) (Dainichi Nyorai)...
    28 KB (2,788 words) - 10:13, 17 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tokushima (city)
    Liaoning, China, since October 1991 Awa Kokubun-ji, 15th temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage Dainichi-ji, 13th temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage Ichinomiya...
    15 KB (1,014 words) - 00:15, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Banna-ji
    year he installed a statue of Dainichi Nyōrai in his residence, transforming it into a Buddhist temple named Banna-ji. This temple was greatly expanded...
    7 KB (669 words) - 17:57, 2 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Aizen-in
    temple. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aizen-in (Itano). Dainichi-ji Jizō-ji Miyazaki, Tateki (2004). Shikoku henro hitori aruki dōgyō-ninin....
    1 KB (129 words) - 05:59, 15 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kiyoshikōjin Seichō-ji
    and hearth Dainichi-Nyorai (Mahāvairocana, 大日如来) This temple has an Important Cultural Property selected by the Japanese government. Dainichi-Nyorai (Mahāvairocana...
    3 KB (275 words) - 05:54, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tachibana Muneshige
    Second Battle of Yagiyama-Ishizaka (a battle that took place at the Dainichi-ji entrance on the Yagiyama Ishizaka road in Honami County, a different...
    20 KB (2,063 words) - 01:54, 2 July 2024
  • Second Battle of Yagiyama-Ishizaka (a battle that took place at the Dainichi-ji entrance on the Yagiyama Ishizaka road in Honami County, a different...
    19 KB (2,215 words) - 14:25, 2 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Daisen-ji
    Shinto-related assets of Daisen-ji were removed and transferred to the shrine. Daisen-ji was allowed to reopen in 1903. In 1928 the Dainichi-dō was destroyed by fire...
    8 KB (669 words) - 03:59, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Unkei
    the first that can be attributed to him with any certainty is a Dainichi Nyorai at Enjō-ji in Nara (1176). Unkei was a devout Buddhist, and records from...
    10 KB (1,122 words) - 00:17, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chikurin-ji (Kōchi)
    statue of Batō Kannon (Muromachi period) (ICP) Seated wooden statue of Dainichi Nyorai (Muromachi period) (ICP) Kakebotoke with seated Monju Bosatsu (1654)...
    9 KB (564 words) - 05:51, 6 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tachibana Dōsetsu
    Second Battle of Yagiyama-Ishizaka (a battle that took place at the Dainichi-ji entrance on the Yagiyama Ishizaka road in Honami County, a different...
    88 KB (10,586 words) - 20:10, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ichinomiya Shrine (Tokushima)
    capital. The shrine was intimately connected with the Buddhist temple of Dainichi-ji, which had been established in the early Heian period, and which was...
    5 KB (462 words) - 14:50, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shingon Buddhism
    of the Buddha. Dainichi is the ultimate source of all Buddhas and bodhisattvas, and of the entire cosmos. The centrality of Dainichi is seen in the fact...
    92 KB (11,496 words) - 22:23, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shugendō
    most important figures are the tantric Buddhist figures of Fudō Myōō and Dainichi Nyorai. Other key figures are Gongen (権現), which are considered to be the...
    19 KB (2,055 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ryūfuku-ji
    Hondō main hall Dainichiden -- Dainichi Nyorai chapel Kannon-dō -- Kannon chapel Daishi-dō -- Daishi chapel Ryūfuku-ji is known for its numerous waterfalls...
    5 KB (455 words) - 08:21, 14 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kōnan, Kōchi
    Kōchi-Tōbu Expressway National Route 55 Dainichi-ji (Temple No. 28 in the Shikoku 88 Temples Pilgrimage) Enichi-ji (houses three Buddhist statues that are...
    10 KB (577 words) - 00:26, 2 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Narita-san
    Narita-san (redirect from Shinsho-ji)
    Cultural Properties: the Kōmyō-dō, built in 1701 and dedicated to the Dainichi Nyorai Buddha (Vairocana), the principal image of Shingon Buddhism; the...
    12 KB (1,271 words) - 11:34, 11 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ryōsen-ji (Nara)
    Seated statue of Amida Nyorai (twelfth century) (ICP) Seated statue of Dainichi Nyorai (late Heian period) (ICP) Statue of Jūichimen Kannon (early Heian...
    12 KB (783 words) - 19:00, 1 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Nōnin
    Nōnin (redirect from Dainichi Nonin)
    Main Sōtō Temples Eihei-ji Sōji-ji Antai-ji Main Rinzai Temples Myōshin-ji Daitoku-ji Tōfuku-ji...
    7 KB (805 words) - 15:08, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mangan-ji (Setagaya)
    (致航山) and its primary object of worship was changed from Yakushi Nyōrai to Dainichi Nyōrai; however, the temple was more famous as spot for popular worship...
    4 KB (430 words) - 12:25, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kumano Magaibutsu
    statue with a height of approximately 6.8 meters, believed to be that of Dainichi Nyōrai. It is carved into the center of a niche approximately eight meters...
    9 KB (844 words) - 04:15, 27 June 2024