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Chogosonshi-ji
Temple
is
the
Grand
Head
Temple
of
{Shigisan
Shingon
sect}
located
on
Mt.
Shigi
in
Heguri-cho,
Ikoma
County,
Nara
Prefecture.
Its
principal
image
is
Bishamonten
(Vaisravana,
also
called
Tamonten).
It
is
also
called
'Shigisan-ji
Temple'
and
commonly
known
as
'Shigisan
no
Bishamon
san'
(Bishamonten
of
Mt.
Shingi).
Every
year,
many
worshippers
visit
the
temple
in
the
New
Year
period.
It
is
counted
among
the
Seven
Gods
of
Good
Fortune
in
Yamato:
Chogosonshi-ji
Temple,
Kume-dera
Temple,
Kojima-dera
Temple,
Kobusa
Kannon-ji
Temple,
Tanzan-jinja
Shrine,
Taima-dera
Temple
Nakano-do
Hall,
and
Abe
Monju-in
Temple.
History
Chogosonshi-ji
Temple
is
located
on
the
Nara
Prefecture
side
slope
of
Mt.
Shigi
towering
on
the
border
of
Yamato
Province
(Nara
Prefecture)
and
Kawachi
Province
(Osaka
Prefecture).
Its
time
of
foundation
and
development
are
not
clear.
It
is
said
that
the
national
treasure
that
is
handed
down
in
the
temple,
"Shigisan
Engi"
(legends
of
Mt.
Shigi)
was
established
in
the
late
Heian
period
in
12th
century,
and
it
is
recognized
as
a
representative
work
among
Japanese
picture
scrolls.
Unlike
ordinary
illustrated
origins
of
shrines
and
temples,
this
picture
scroll
does
not
describe
anything
about
details
of
how
Chogosonshi-ji
Temple
was
founded,
but
its
subject
mater
is
a
miraculous
stories
of
a
highly
virtuous
monk
called
Myoren
(命蓮)
who
was
practicing
in
Mt.
Shigi.
The
volume
two
(of
three)
of
the
illustrated
scroll
describes
an
anecdote
that
Myoren
healed
the
illness
of
the
Emperor
of
the
Engi
era
(Emperor
Godaigo)
with
his
power
of
Buddhism.
An
anecdote
almost
same
as
the
captions
of
"Shigisan
Engi"
is
contained
in
"Uji
Shui
Monogatari"
(a
collection
of
the
Tales
from
Uji),
and
"Konjaku
Monogatari
(Shu)
"
(The
Tale
of
Times
Now
Past)
also
contains
an
anecdote
about
foundation
of
Shigisan-ji
Temple.
(In
"Uji
Shui
Monogatari,"
the
name
of
the
monk
is
'Moren,
and
in
"Konjaku
Monogatari,"
it
is
'Myoren
[明練].')
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