[4K] TsubosakaderaTemple in Nara, Japan. Walk around the area. скачать в хорошем качестве

[4K] TsubosakaderaTemple in Nara, Japan. Walk around the area.

This is a video of a walk around Tsubosaka Temple. Please take a walk around the temple grounds and experience the history. Tsubosakadera (formal name: Minamihokkeji Temple) was established in the third year of Taiho(A.D.703) by a priest Benki of Gankoji Temple. This era is the years when technological ability of Japanese people which had been cultivated since of Asuka Era gave birth to a full-scale capital “Fujiwara Kyo” at the beginning of Hakuho Era. According to the chronicle of Minamihokkeji temple possessed by Tsubosakadera Temple, the holy priest Benki felt the presence of the Kanzeonbosatsu(the Goddess of Mercy) in his prized quartz pot while he was attracted by this sacred mountain and practiced asceticism. He enshrined this pot on top on the slope and held religious service for it, engraved the image of Kanzeonbosatsu and enshrined it as Tsubosaka Kannon. This is the etymology of Tsubosaka(slope of pot). Thereafter when the emperor Gensho was on the throne, the temple became an imperial temple and was given the name of "Minamihokkeji Temple”. The holy priest Benki thereafter returned to secular life, became a man of culture and was named venerable Sohshu Kasuga(secretary general of Kasuga) and appointed the supervisor of clerical staff of Kasuga. The same description is found also in the record of March 19 in the first year of Taiho in Vol.2 of “Shoku Nihongi”. Minamihokkeji Temple is the name of a group of temples, and according to an old head priest of the Temple, it was at the zenith of its prosperity in Heian era when grand cathedral of total 36 halls and 60 houses including the main buildings, five brand halls and a baptismal hall were constructed. The brand appearance of Tsubosakadera Temple was described with admiration in the storybook of Seishonagon abreast of Kasgi Temple. However, most of the halls and houses of priest perished due to disastrous fire attacks several times, and at present there remain only a part of the buildings such as halls of worship, three-storied pagoda(they are both registered important cultural assets of Japan at present) and octagonal hall which were reconstructed in Muromachi Era. They are now standing beautifully in harmony with quiet appearance of the mountainsides. Tsubosakadera Temple is a temple which many people have worshiped as sacred temple since ancient times. In the description of December 23(Hinoetatsu) of the 14th year of Showa Era(A.D.885) of the Japanese chronicle “Shoku Nihongi”, the Temple was ranked to one of the official temples and in the description of March 5 of the 8th year of Teikan(A.D.859) of “Sandai Jitsuroku(the authentic history of three dynastie)”, it was ordered to hold “Tendokue(ceremony to rearing of Buddhist sutraskippingly)”. Thus, the Temple has been known since old times as a sacred temple in the mountain.