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Southern Kyoto has a reserved air. Though the Fushimi Inari Shrine is one of Kyoto's major tourist attractions, the surrounding nature, parks, gardens, temples, and shrines provide less-visited spaces for strolling and reflection. The Fushimi Inari Shrine itself is made up of 32,000 sub-shrines, and the mountain they are dotted across beckons hikers, picnickers, and lovers of the outdoors. Many of the mountain's off-set paths aren't frequented by tourists, and the mountain's serenity can be enjoyed at a leisurely pace. Southern Kyoto is the place to enjoy being outside, and to pay your respects to the ancient architecture and gods of the land that are celebrated here.

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お遍路さん京都市

京都市27,174 contributions

空海(弘法大師)が創設した学問所の跡です

Jan 2017 • Solo

堂宇の前には安産石薬師如来と綜芸種智院跡の二つの石碑が建っています。寺院縁起駒札でかろうじてここがかつて藤原三守(ふじわらのただもり)と云う公卿の九条邸の跡地であって、ここに空海(弘法大師)が私学を創設したと云うことが解ります。西福寺と云う寺院名については屋根の瓦の前面にその寺院名が浮き出されているので解る程度のもので、実態は現在では知る由もありません。地元の人は通り過ぎる時に軽く一礼するか、手を合わせて通っておられます。地元の崇敬を集めていたのが窺い知れます。当時、学校は一定の身分がないと入れないところであったが、空海は身分に関係なく学べる場を提供しようとしてこの綜芸種智院を創設したとのことです。ここの石薬師如来は１２００年以上前のもので空海作と伝承されています。まさに国宝級の仏像がこの何でもない小さなお堂に安置されています(但し、秘仏で開帳されていません)。徒歩で京都駅から東寺へ行かれる方は是非とも参拝して頂きたく。

Written 23 January 2017

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お遍路さん京都市

京都市27,174 contributions

弘法大師、空海が設立した国内初の私立学校があった場所に建つ寺院です

Jan 2023

正しくは「綜芸種智院跡」。ここに存在していた空海が西暦８２８年に創設した我国で初めての私立学校です。西福寺そのものについては創建も含めて詳細は不明と云う寺院です。石薬師の石柱とか、種智院跡の石柱とか・・・歴史が折り重なっている由緒ある場所らしいが、今ではその面影も窺い知れません。お堂前には縁起駒札も建っているが・・・詳細は不明です。京都駅八条口から教王護国寺(東寺)へ行く途中にあります。なお、西福寺と云う寺院は全国的にも、京都市内だけでもそこそこの数があり、寺院名だけではどこの西福寺かは解らないほどです。なお、種智院大学として別の場所で空海の精神は活かされています。

Written 4 January 2023

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Kimitaka S

Taichung, Taiwan15,193 contributions

綜芸種智院の跡

May 2022

街角の小さなお堂だが、ここは弘法大師が創設した綜芸種智院という学校の跡地。その伝統は、今も種智院大学に受け継がれている。

Written 30 May 2022

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お遍路さん京都市

京都市27,174 contributions

弘法大師空海が創設した１２００年以上の縁起を誇る日本最初の私塾があった場所です

Dec 2021

久し振りに東寺へ参拝する途中にここへ参拝しました。何の特徴も無いお堂で、寺院名さえ屋根瓦を見ないと解らない程度の小さなお堂ですが、由緒は大変なものです。私は一度もお堂の中へは入れたことがありません。ここの伝承についてはネット上にも色々と情報もあり、敢えて詳細は略します。我国で最初の私塾であった空海創設の「綜芸種智院」があった場所で、元は貴族(藤原三守)の邸宅跡であったらしい。現在の種智院大学は京都市伏見区にあり、僧侶の教育機関として延々と歴史を引き継いでいるみたいです。この「西福寺」と云う寺院は同字・同音の寺院が京都だけでも多数あるし、全国となると数え切れないほどもあるありふれた名称の寺院です。「西方浄土」の「西」と、「幸福」の「福」が合わさったと云うことから名乗りやすかったのだろうと思われます。

Written 26 December 2021

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もみじ

Tokyo, Japan6,545 contributions

西福寺♪

Oct 2019

散策ついでに立ち寄りました。京都がお寺などもとても多いので、メインではなかったため、外観を楽しんだのみとなります。

Written 3 November 2019

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お遍路さんアキラ

Kyoto, Japan23,068 contributions

浄土宗特別公開なら内陣にも行ける

Oct 2019 • Solo

西福寺は、浄土宗のお寺です。京都浄土宗特別公開で、内陣に行きました。ご住職がお茶をだされ、丁寧な説明(弘法大師作と云われる安産石薬師如来像がお祀りされており、綜藝種智院の跡地)もありました。

Written 20 October 2019

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