「金龍寺」福岡県 / “Kinryu-ji temple" Fukuoka-pref

「金龍寺」福岡県糸島市

室町時代、筑前國糸島の高祖城の城主であった武将・原田興種が父親の菩提を弔うために1508年に建立したのが「金龍寺」です。この寺の境内は庭園化されており、本堂や庫裏の周辺にはユニークな形の大刈り込みなどがあり大変印象的です。また山門の左手前には大きな枯山水があり大立石や黒松が配され、右手には皐月の刈り込みなどがあります。築庭の時期は不明ですが昭和５６年に本堂が再建されてから順次境内を庭園として整えたようです。この金龍寺がある糸島は古来より雷山を中心に神仏習合の一大拠点で３００の宿坊に庭園文化が花開いていました。同地域にあるこの金龍寺もその影響を強く受けていたはずです。金龍寺は庭園を通してかってあった糸島の文化の姿を取り戻しのかもしれません。

◼︎名称：「金龍寺」

◼︎住所：福岡県糸島市高祖1289　

◼︎TEL: 092-322-7031

◼︎営業時間：AM 9:00~PM 5:00

◼︎アクセス：JR筑肥線「九大学研都市」駅より車で10〜15分

"Kinryu-ji Temple" Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Kinryu-ji Temple was built in 1508 by Harada Okitane, a military commander who was the lord of Takaso Castle in Itoshima, Chikuzen Province, during the Muromachi period, to pray for the soul of his father. The temple grounds are landscaped, and the main hall and the kuri area are very impressive with their unique large-scale pruning. There is also a large dry landscape garden to the left of the mountain gate, with a large standing stone and black pine, and azalea pruning to the right. The date of construction is unknown, but it seems that the grounds were gradually developed into a garden after the main hall was rebuilt in 1981. Itoshima, where Kinryu-ji Temple is located, has been a major hub of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism since ancient times, with Raizan as the center, and a garden culture flourished with 300 lodgings. Kinryu-ji Temple, which is located in the same area, must have been strongly influenced by this. Kinryu-ji Temple may have regained the former culture of Itoshima through its gardens.

◼︎Name: "Kinryu-ji Temple"

◼︎Address: 1289 Takaso, Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture

◼︎TEL: 092-322-7031

◼︎Business hours: 9:00AM~5:00PM

◼︎Access: 10-15 minutes by car from "Kyudai Kengaku Toshi" Station on the JR Chikuhi Line