Shukubo
A Shukubo (宿坊) is a temple lodging in Japan that allows visitors to stay overnight within a Buddhist temple.[1][2][unreliable source?] A facility dedicated to monks is also called a monk's cell. Originally, these facilities were designed to accommodate only monks and worshippers, but nowadays, more and more facilities are actively accepting general tourists, and the facilities and services are being expanded accordingly[3][4][2][unreliable source?]. Some temples, such as Mount Kōya, have open-air baths with Onsens.[5] They are considered to have been semi-secularized and in many towns are the only accomodations available[5]
History
Shukubo were historically used by shugendo and Mountain worship and played major roles in the development of the two.[6]
Networks of shukubo began to develop in Ise, Shima, Toba, and Futami-ura in a decades long construction boom.[7]
Many modern day operators of shukobo are descendants of families that ran shukubo when they were a purely religious matter. Originally they only operated for one Kosha but opening to the general public has substantially increased amounts of people staying at Shukubo[8]
At the foot of Mount Haguro there were once 336 shukubo all linked to Shugendo.[9]
Overview
In Japanese culture, an "shukubō" (or "shukufuku") is a lodging facility for travelers, typically located within a temple or shrine. The term can refer to a variety of structures, including guest rooms for visiting monks or pilgrims, living quarters for resident priests, and buildings used for ascetic practices by priests.[10]
The word "shukubō" can also be used to refer to the specific temple or shrine where a person is affiliated with, or to refer to a place used for secret rendezvous.[10]
In the context of historical Japan, shukubō were also used by feudal lords and their retainers during their pilgrimage to Nikko. These lords did not have their own shukubō, instead they were assigned to certain shukubō and had to pay respects to their lord, the shogun, through these shukubō.[10]
Originally, it was a facility where only Bhikkhu stayed, but with the spread of pilgrimages to temples and shrines in the Heian period, Nobility, samurai, and even ordinary pilgrims began to stay there, at that point the operators ceased being only monks.[11][unreliable source?]
In the Edo period, visits to temples and shrines became popular, including visits to Ise, Kotohira-gū, and Zenkō-ji. Lodging houses were built at major temples and shrines in each area to accommodate ordinary pilgrims and tourists, forming a kind of tourism business, with specific areas connected to specific lodging houses. [5]
In modern times, some shukubō have been converted into traditional inns and ryokan for tourists who want to experience the atmosphere of a temple stay.[10]
Gallery
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Sakurahonbo[1]
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Vegetarian food at Hagurosan Saikan
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Hagurosan Saikan Room
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Inside the lodging house (corridor and rooms)
References
- ↑ "Shukubo Japan - 10 Amazing Places To Experience Temple Lodging". Asian Wanderlust. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "宿坊について | 『和空』 修行と宿坊のポータルサイト". wa-qoo.com (in 日本語). 2018-04-12. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-07-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "宿坊とは - 和空｜寺社・宿坊に泊まる". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2019-10-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "福智院公式サイト". Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2019-10-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Reader, Ian. “Turning to Tourism in a Time of Crisis?: Buddhist Temples and Pilgrimage Promotion in Secular(Ized) Japan.” Buddhist Tourism in Asia, edited by Courtney Bruntz and Brooke Schedneck, University of Hawai’i Press, 2020, pp. 161–80. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgs09c4.13. Accessed 16 Feb. 2023.
- ↑ Kaminishi, I. (2006). Deciphering Mountain Worship. In Explaining Pictures: Buddhist Propaganda and Etoki Storytelling in Japan (pp. 165–192). University of Hawai’i Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvvmxpt.12
- ↑ Andreeva, A. (2017). From Ise to Miwa and Beyond. In Assembling Shinto: Buddhist Approaches to Kami Worship in Medieval Japan (Vol. 396, pp. 175–214). Harvard University Asia Center. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv47w8vp.12
- ↑ Carter, C. (2018). Power Spots and the Charged Landscape of Shinto. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 45(1), 145–174. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26854474
- ↑ Earhart, H. B. (1965). Four Ritual Periods of Haguro Shugendō in Northeastern Japan. History of Religions, 5(1), 93–113. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1061805
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 デジタル大辞泉,世界大百科事典内言及. "宿坊(シュクボウ)とは？ 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in 日本語). Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ↑ "8 Recommended Shukubo (Temple Lodging) Spots Throughout Japan". tsunagu Japan. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
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