西大寺 本堂 - Saidaiji Shibacho

In the hall, you can worship the Buddha up close and you can worship slowly.

The main hall of Saidaiji Temple was built around 1808 and is designated as an important cultural property. The statue of Shaka Nyorai, the principal idol, is enshrined in the empty hall behind the Chancel, and there are insert-type side platforms on the left and right. doing.

The main hall with a hipped roof and a main tile roof was damaged by the reconstruction of the main hall that was burnt down during the Muromachi period, so it began to be rebuilt in 1798 and completed in 1808. It became a nationally designated important cultural property in 1998 as a masterpiece of large-scale Buddhist temple architecture in the late Edo period in a traditional style. The wooden statue of Shaka Nyorai (made in 1249), which is an important cultural property, is a masterpiece of the "Seirinji style Shaka Nyorai statue" by Zen'en, a good Buddhist priest who was active in Yamato during the Kamakura period. The lion statue and the four samurai statues (made in 1302) are held in the main hall with a large space, such as the nationally designated important cultural property and the Maitreya Bodhisattva sitting statue (made in 1322), which is a tangible cultural property designated by the prefecture on the right. .. I found out that I could visit the main hall of Saidaiji Temple with the admission ticket for "Lotus Road" that went around on 21/06/27, so I visited on 21/06/28. I have visited many times, but this was the first time I entered the hall. The main image, the Buddha Bodhisattva statue, the Maitreya Bodhisattva statue, the Kobo Daishi sitting statue, the Kosho Bodhisattva sitting statue, and the Jizo Bodhisattva statue are loosely housed in a large space, and it was very nice to be able to see them comfortably. A copy of the map of the precincts of the Edo period was posted in the hall, but I was surprised that it was extremely large compared to the current precincts. It must have been the enthusiasm of Emperor Shomu who tried to surpass his father, Emperor Shomu. In front of the main hall, the lotus that would have bloomed that day was blooming as if looking at a potted tea plant.

Saidaiji main hall. The current main hall was built in 1805 (2nd year of culture) in the late Edo period and is designated as an important cultural property. The statue of Shaka Nyorai (important cultural property), which is the principal image of the current Saidaiji Temple, was built in the first year of the Kamakura period (1249).