Ep.19 Kozai-ji, #19 temple of Bekkaku (Extra) 20 temples
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This is the film by Ohenro Index.
Ohenro is the pilgrimage visiting 88 temples in Shikoku (island in west Japan.)
And this is the series of pilgrimage of extra 20 temples.
If you complete these extras, you visited a total of 108 temples including the 88 temples of the pilgrimage, which means the number of human desires.
We hope this film help your pilgrimage and travel in Japan.
And hopefully attract who has interests in Japan tourism and pilgrimage.
Extra 20 temples＃19 Kozai-ji
●About this temple
Founded by Gyoki at the foot of Mt. Katsuga during the Nara period.
At that time, it was called Katsugaji Temple.
Daishi rebuilt it and moved it to the site in the early Heian period.
It was selected as an imperial temple by Emperor Saga and was given the temple rokukan, and during the reign of Emperor Suzaku, it was selected as a Danjisho (academic school for monks).
During the Kamakura period, the local powerful clan Kosai Sakon-jo Kansaimura (the founder of the Kosai clan) rebuilt the hall and pagoda and renamed it Kosai-ji Temple at the behest of the Shogunate.
Later, Yoriyuki Hosokawa moved the temple to Honzu (Kosai Higashimachi), and the 11th head, Motosuke Kozai, changed the name of the temple to Jifukuji.
During the Tensho era, Chikamasa Ikoma became the lord of the country, and after rebuilding, the name was changed to Kofukuji.
In the first year of the Manji era, due to another misfire, it was decided to change to the old temple area.
Since then, I have settled into my current location.
In the 9th year of Kanbun, the feudal lord Matsudaira Yorishige built a new temple and the temple was renamed Kosai-ji Temple.
Afterwards, most of the original Shichido Garan was destroyed by accident.
The current building is part of that
The temple treasure standing statue of Bishamonten (made of a single piece of cypress, 101cm long, early Heian period) was designated as an important cultural property in November 1940.
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この二十寺を走破すると、お遍路の８８寺と合わせて合計108寺となります
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別格二十寺 第十九番札所 香西寺
●寺の歴史/縁起
奈良時代、勝賀山の麓に行基により開創された
その時は勝賀寺といった
平安初期に大師が再建し現地に移した
嵯峨天皇の勅願寺に選ばれて、寺禄貫を賜り、朱雀天皇のとき、談議所（僧徒学問所）に選定された
鎌倉時代、この地の豪族香西左近将監資村（香西氏の祖）が、幕命をうけ堂塔を再建し香西寺と改称した
その後、細川頼之が当寺を本津（香西東町）に移し、十一代香西元資は寺号を地福寺と改称す
天正年間戦火にあい、生駒親正が国主となり、再建ののち高福寺とまたまた名を変えた
満治元年、またも失火のため旧寺域へ変えることになった
この時より現在地に落ち着いた
寛文九年、藩主松平頼重公が新伽藍を建立落慶し、再び香西寺と改称さる
その後、当時の七堂伽藍はほとんど失火で焼失した
現在の建造物はその一部である
寺宝の毘沙門天立像（木造・檜一本造り、平安時代初期１０１センチ）は昭和十六年十一月、重要文化財に指定された