小早川春平が建設した佛通寺/ Buttsuji Temple, built by Kobayakawa Shunpei

Описание: 小早川春平が建設した佛通寺/ Buttsuji Temple, built by Kobayakawa Shunpei

今回は広島県三原市にあります佛通寺（ぶっつうじ）の紹介です。
This time we will introduce Buttsuji Temple in Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture.

撮影日：2026年2月5日
Photo taken on February 5, 2026

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　佛通寺は応永4(1397)年、沼田高山城主の小早川春平が、名僧愚中周及佛徳大通禅師を迎えて開いた、京都以西で唯一の臨済宗の大本山です。往時は京都五山上位の南禅寺と同格に遇され、山内に88か寺・末寺は全国に3,000余か寺に及ぶという広大な規模を誇っていました。応仁の乱後、荒廃し数回の火災に遭遇、隆景の時代にやや再興するなど、幾多の興亡の歴史を経て今日に至っています。
参道脇には永徳院・正法院の塔頭があり、紅葉の頃には特に美しい風情があります。イヌマキの大木の際の巨蟒橋（きょもうばし）を渡ると山門・法堂・本堂・庫裡等の建物があります

Buttsu-ji Temple was founded in 1397 by Kobayakawa Shunpei, lord of Numata Takayama Castle, with the famous monks Guchu Shu and Buttoku Daitsu Zenji, and is the only Rinzai sect head temple west of Kyoto. In the past, it was treated on the same level as Nanzenji, one of the top five temples in Kyoto, and boasted a vast scale with 88 temples within the temple grounds and over 3,000 branch temples nationwide. After the Onin War, it fell into ruin and suffered several fires, but was somewhat rebuilt during the reign of Takakage, and has experienced many ups and downs to reach the present day.

Along the approach to the temple are the sub-temples of Eitoku-in and Shoho-in, which are especially beautiful in the autumn foliage season. After crossing the Kyomobashi Bridge beside a large dogwood tree, you will come across the temple gate, lecture hall, main hall, kuri (kitchen quarters), and other buildings.