Taisan-ji (Matsuyama)
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Taisan-ji (太山寺?) is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
It is Temple 52 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage.
The Hondō is a National Treasure.
History
Taisan-ji is said to have been founded by a wealthy merchant from Kyushu in the sixth century, after he had been saved from a shipwreck by Jūichimen Kannon.
The temple enjoyed imperial patronage from the time of Emperor Shōmu.
Buildings
- Hondō (Kamakura period), (National Treasure)
- Niōmon (Kamakura period) (Important Cultural Property)
Treasures
- Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (木造十一面観音立像?) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)
- Wooden statue of Jūichimen Kannon (hibutsu) (木造十一面観音立像?) (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property)
