Chisokuin - Nara

Shika was resting

Chishoin (Chisokuin). It is a school that knows enough. It stands quietly in a quiet place where no one usually comes. I don't know the history or the name, but if you like a remote and lonely temple, this is an irresistible place.

The earthen wall, which has nothing to do with the temple for sightseeing in Nara, is exposed, and you will enter the approach to the old stone steps without encountering ordinary people. It looks like a huge temple next door, but it's not crowded with tourists. I wonder if such a temple is called Yamato's old temple. It is a place that makes me think. Behind Shosoin, on the side of Mt. Wakakusa Driveway. It's a quiet temple, but at some point in spring, a group of people with cameras rush in. here There is a log that is designated as a national natural monument as a double cherry blossom in Nara. This double cherry blossom will bloom for about three days, so aim for that ... in that quiet temple. It seems that the logs are also splinted and weakened considerably. It was next to the parking lot of the prefectural office, but what happened now? This Yae Sakura Nara was presented to the court in Kyoto, and it is customary to sing a song at the same time when handing a branch to the Chugū, and the senior Murasaki Shikibu has a newcomer, Daisuke Fujiwara, a poet's family, to play this role (well, It's a kind of harassment) The song I wrote is "Ancient Yae Sakura in the capital of Nara". It is also found in Hyakunin Isshu, and has been featured in other songbooks. After more than a thousand years, most Japanese still know this song.

It is a head temple of Todai-ji Temple. It is a feeling that has not been well maintained.

Todaiji Toshichi-in Temple. Going up the long mossy stairs to the front of the mountain gate, the gate is tightly closed and cannot be entered. I had to detour and enter the precincts. Even tourists and temple fans will not come here. This is the old temple pilgrimage. However, compared to the atmosphere, the main hall does not feel so old. Founded in 890. Chishoin was burnt down in Nanto, and in 1181. Reconstruction was in 1250. Since the reconstruction of the main hall was in 1863, Japan was at the end of the Edo period. I wanted to see the treasure of Jinzo, but let's go to another opportunity.

It is famous as a temple where Naranoya Ezakura was found. This log has already died, but many of its descendants have been planted in Nara Park. There are also some around the Wakakusa Yamashita Central Exit. Flowers that feel ephemeral like light ink cherry blossoms bloom. It's not very noticeable, but I'm proud of Nara.

A quiet place. A deer was eating grass in front of the main hall. The deer around here seemed to be unfamiliar with them and fled immediately.

Survival of Iga Ninja, the main character in the novel "Azusa no Shiro", a successful work by Ryotaro Shiba I feel that this is the model for the decaying tower of Todaiji Temple, where Juzou Tsuzuka was taken by Koga's Kunoichi heroine Kohagi and set foot on the secret plot of Hideyoshi's assassination. From the road from the Great Buddha Hall to Nigatsudo, deviate to the forest of Mochihoin, pass Ryuzoin, Hogonin, and Ryumatsuin, and head towards the mountain. It was possible to imagine that Ryotaro Shiba, who was born in Nara, liked the tranquility of the stage in the appearance of Chisokuin, which seems to bring back a passage from the novel. If you have read the novel, I think you should definitely visit it once.