龍口寺　龍の口 竹灯籠 (Ryukoji Temple,Tatsunokuchi Bamboo Lantern)

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龍口寺
龍の口 竹灯籠

龍の口 竹灯籠
秋の夜をやさしく照らす「龍の口 竹灯籠」が、龍口寺境内にて開催されました。約3,000基の竹灯籠が灯る幻想的な光景は、訪れる人々を静かな祈りと感動の世界へ誘います。

龍口寺
龍口寺（りゅうこうじ）は、神奈川県藤沢市片瀬の龍口刑場跡に建つ日蓮宗の本山（霊跡寺院）。山号は寂光山（じゃっこうざん）。日蓮宗の開祖・日蓮は、“天災や人災によって国内が混乱し人心が頽廃する原因は、幕府や諸宗が正法に帰依していないからである”とする『立正安国論』を著し、文応元年（1260年）7月16日に北条時頼に上呈して国家諌暁を行った。しかし、幕府はこれを拒絶した上に国家への反逆と見做し、御内人の平頼綱に命じて弾圧を加えた。（松葉ヶ谷法難・伊豆法難等）それでも幕府や諸宗に対して批判の手を緩めない日蓮に対し、龍ノ口刑場での斬首刑とするため、文永8年（1271年）9月12日の夕刻に日蓮を連行した。その際、日蓮に縁のある桟敷の尼という女性が黒胡麻で作った牡丹餅を鍋蓋に乗せて供養したといわれている。 龍ノ口到着後には土牢に閉じ込めておき9月13日に差し掛かったあたりで刑が執行されそうになったが、「種々御振舞御書」に拠れば、この時に江の島の方角から強烈な光り物が現れ太刀取り役の武士の目がくらむほどの事態に陥いり、刑の執行が中止されたと伝えられている。これが“日蓮一生の中でも最も死に直面した危機である”として、日蓮宗では「龍口法難」と称し四大法難の一つに数えられるようになった。その後、延元2年/建武4年（1337年）に、日蓮の弟子・日法がこの「龍ノ口法難霊蹟」に、処刑の際に首の座に敷かれたという「首敷皮」と「自作の祖師像」を安置し敷皮堂という堂宇を建立した。これが龍口寺の始まりと伝わっている。更に時が下って慶長6年（1601年）には、腰越・津在住の国人で日蓮宗の信奉が篤かった島村采女が寺領を寄進し、本格的な寺観が整えられた。なお、明治19年（1886年）までは専従の住職を置かず、龍口寺輪番八ヶ寺と称される寺院が輪番制（交代制）で維持していた。

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Ryūkō-ji Temple
Ryūkō Bamboo Lanterns

Ryūkō Bamboo Lanterns
The "Ryūkō Bamboo Lanterns" event, gently illuminating the autumn night, was held within the grounds of Ryūkō-ji Temple. The mystical spectacle of approximately 3,000 lit bamboo lanterns invites visitors into a world of quiet prayer and deep emotion.

Ryūkō-ji Temple
Ryūkō-ji Temple is the head temple (sacred site temple) of the Nichiren sect, located on the site of the former Ryūkō execution grounds in Katase, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its mountain name is Jakkozan. Nichiren, the founder of the Nichiren sect, wrote "Risshō Ankoku Ron" (On the Proper Establishment of a Nation's Origin and Peace), arguing that "the cause of national chaos and the decline of people's morals due to natural and man-made disasters is the shogunate and various sects' lack of devotion to the true teachings." He presented this to Hojō Tokiyori on July 16, 1260, as a national admonition. However, the shogunate refused and, viewing Nichiren's actions as treason against the state, ordered Taira no Yoritsuna, a member of the Imperial Court, to persecute him (the Matsubagaya Persecution, the Izu Persecution, etc.). Nichiren continued to criticize the shogunate and various sects, so on the evening of September 12, 1271, he was taken to the Tatsunokuchi Execution Grounds for his beheading. It is said that a woman named Sajiki no Ama, who had a connection with Nichiren, offered a peony rice cake made with black sesame seeds on a pot lid as a memorial. After arriving at Tatsunokuchi, he was imprisoned in a dungeon, and around September 13, the execution was scheduled to be carried out. However, according to the "Shoshosho (Various Behaviors)," a bright light appeared from the direction of Enoshima, blinding the samurai in charge of sword-carrying, and the execution was called off. This was "the greatest threat Nichiren ever faced in his life," and in the Nichiren sect it is known as the "Tatsunokuchi Persecution" and counted as one of the four great persecutions. Later, in 1337 (the 2nd year of the Engen era/the 4th year of the Kenmu era), Nichiren's disciple Nichiho erected a hall called the "Shukuhido" at the "Tatsunokuchi Persecution Sacred Site," enshrining the "neck shukuhi" (a cloth used to be placed on the neck seat at the time of execution) and a "portrait of the founder that he had made himself." This is said to be the beginning of Ryukoji Temple. Later, in 1601 (the 6th year of the Keicho era), Shimamura Uneme, a local resident of Koshigoe and Tsu and a devout Nichiren sect sect devotee, donated temple land, and a full-fledged temple structure was established. Until 1886 (the 19th year of the Meiji era), the temple did not have a full-time chief priest, and instead was maintained by a rotating system of eight temples known as the Ryukoji Rotating Temples.