「浄土寺」 広島県 / “Jodoji temple” Hiroshima Pref

「浄土寺」 広島県 尾道市

浄土寺は616年に聖徳太子によって開かれたと伝わる古刹。鎌倉時代の建物である本堂と多宝塔は国宝に指定されている。国指定名勝の庭園は庫裏と客殿（重文・1719年）に面して作られておりチケットを購入しての拝観となる。寺伝によれば雪舟13代目の孫にあたる長谷川千柳により江戸時代の文化３年(1806)に作庭された。（ただし生涯禅僧の身を貫いた雪舟には妻も子もいなかったので長谷川千柳が本当に雪舟の子孫であったか真偽の程は不明。）この庭は背後の山畔を築山とした築山林泉庭園であり、かっては築山から水を落としていようだが現在では水は枯れている。しかし雨の多い季節などは築山と平庭の境の細長い遣水に水が溜まり往時の姿を蘇らせる。築山の上には仏教的な意味を示す役石などもあるが植栽が茂りすぎて現在ではでよく見えなくなっている。

庭は長谷川千柳が築山林泉庭園を策定した８年後の文化１１年に築山背後左に移築されてきた茶室「露滴庵」（安土桃山時代「伏見城」にあったものを移築したと伝わる・織部好み燕庵（えんなん）の写し）のための外露地としても機能している。私たちは見ることができないが築山背後に腰掛待合がある内露地があり、客殿縁側の縁先手水鉢から始まる飛び石はそこにむかっている。飛び石の配置は明らかに出雲流の影響を受け、高めの飛び石の列・ずらして配置された２つの「短冊形」切石・礼拝石（駕籠置石？）が庭園の景物として大きな存在となっている。

◼︎名称：「浄土寺」

◼︎住所：広島県尾道市東久保町２０－２８

◼︎TEL: 0848-37-2361

◼︎拝観時間：AM 9:00~PM 4:00

◼︎駐車場：無し

◼︎アクセス：JR尾道駅より車で５分

“Jodoji temple” Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture

Jodoji is an ancient temple that is said to have been opened by Prince Shotoku in 616. The main hall and Tahoto pagoda, both buildings from the Kamakura period, have been designated as national treasures.

The garden, a nationally designated scenic spot, was built facing the Kuri and Guest Hall (important cultural property, built in 1719), and you must purchase a ticket to see it.

According to temple legend, the garden was created in 1806 by Senryu Hasegawa, the grandson of the 13th Sesshu. (However, since Sesshu, who was a Zen monk all his life, had no wife or children, it is unclear whether Senryu Hasegawa was really a descendant of Sesshu or not.)

This garden is a Tsukiyamarinsen garden with an artificial hill built on the mountainside in the background. Water used to flow from Tsukiyama, but now the water has dried up. However, during the rainy season, water collects in the long, narrow pond on the border between Tsukiyama and Hiraniwa, reviving its former appearance. There are stones on top of Tsukiyama that have Buddhist meaning, but they are now difficult to see due to the overgrowth of vegetation.

In Bunka 11, eight years after Senryu Hasegawa created the garden, the tea room "Roteki-an" was relocated to the rear left of Tsukiyama. (It is said that it was located in Fushimi Castle during the Azuchi-Momoyama period.) Therefore, the garden came to be regarded as a Roji, the garden of a tea room.

There is a sitting waiting area behind Tsukiyama that we cannot see, and that is Uchi-roji, and a row of stepping stones starting from the Ensaki water basin on the veranda of the reception hall are lined up towards it. The arrangement of the stepping stones was clearly influenced by the Izumo style, and the two ``Tanzaku-shaped'' stones, Raihai stones (Kagooki stones), have become a major addition to the garden.

There is a Hojo garden on the south side of the Guest Hall. This is a relatively new garden.

◼︎Name: “Jodoji Temple”

◼︎Address: 20-28 Higashikubocho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture

◼︎TEL: 0848-37-2361

◼︎Viewing hours: AM 9:00~PM 4:00

◼︎Parking: None

◼︎Access: 5 minutes by car from JR Onomichi Station