Osaka Shitennoji 朝の大阪 四天王寺を散策

大阪 四天王寺：
推古元年（５９３）聖徳太子により創建された日本仏法最初の官寺で、幾度の災害や戦災による焼失を乗り越え、現代にまで存続しています。

日本最古の伽藍構造を伝える四天王寺式伽藍構造や、伝教大師最澄や弘法大師空海、法然上人や親鸞聖人など、各宗祖師にまつわるお堂が立ち並び、宗派の枠を超えたお寺です。

中心伽藍は創建時の様式を再現した昭和復興の建物ですが、境内北側に在る六時礼讃堂や元三大師堂は江戸初期の建物で国の重要文化財に指定されています。

その他、多数の国宝や重要文化財を所蔵する宝物館や、毎月２１日（大師会）２２日（太子会）の縁日には法要だけでなく、境内に多数の露店が出店されるなど、見所が満載です。

Osaka Shitennoji :
Founded by Prince Shotoku in 593, it was the first official temple of Buddhism in Japan, and has survived numerous natural disasters and war damage, and has survived to the present day.

It is a temple that transcends the boundaries of religious sects, with a Shitennoji-style temple structure that conveys the oldest temple structure in Japan, and a row of halls associated with various religious patriarchs, including Saicho, the great Buddhist missionary, Kukai, the great Buddhist priest Kobo, Honen, and Shinran Shonin.

The main temple building is a Showa-era reconstruction that reconstructed the style of the temple when it was founded, but the Rokujiki-reisando and Gansan-daishido, located on the north side of the temple grounds, were built in the early Edo period and are designated as National Important Cultural Properties of Japan.

Other attractions include the Treasure House, which houses many national treasures and important cultural properties, and the temple grounds, which are filled with stalls on the 21st (Daishikai) and 22nd (Taishikai) days of each month, as well as Buddhist services.