僧円龕昭覚と逆流建順が、延文四年(1359年)からわずか1年で五百羅漢像を造立したと言われています。中央に釈迦如来坐像が安置され、両側に様々な表情・しぐさをした日本最古の五百羅漢が安置されています。羅漢とは釈迦の高弟のことです。
SPOT
五百羅漢石仏 (ごひゃくらかんせきぶつ、Gohyaku-Rakan Sekibutsu (Stone Statue of 500 Arhats))
CONTETS
「羅漢の聖地」をつくる / 羅漢寺と探勝道
ADDRESS
大分県中津市本耶馬渓町跡田1501 Google Maps
TEL
9:00~17:00/8:30~17:00(10月・11月のみ)
Engan Shougaku and Gyakuryu Kenjun are said to have made 500 Rakan statues within a year from Enbun 4. In the center lies a Shakanyorai Bodhisattva statue that is surrounded by 500 of the oldest Rakan statues in Japan, all performing a variety of expressions and gestures. Rakan is a term that refers to the Buddha’s disciples.
SPOT
Gohyaku-Rakan Sekibutsu (Stone Statue of 500 Arhats)
CONTETS
The Creation of the Holy Land of Arhat / Rakanji Temple and a scenic route
ADDRESS
1501 Atoda, Honyabakei, Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture Google Maps
TEL
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m./8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (October, November)