Talk:Tō-ji

Pagoda
Does the current Edo period pagoda replace an earlier, equally tall pagoda? I read somewhere recently that Azuchi Castle's main keep, at 46 m, was the tallest wooden structure in Japan for the short time (1579-82) that it existed. If To-ji's old pagoda was as tall as its current one, then Azuchi loses out. LordAmeth (talk) 14:12, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

plagiarism?
I stumbled on this (https://japangie.com/2015/04/19/%E6%9D%B1%E5%AF%BA-golden-guardian-of-the-night/) website when trying to fact check the Jizo statue claim. Well, it seems there was some plagiarism from this site with no attribution or citation:

Website: "Toji is the only surviving temple from this period; its partner temple, Saiji, ran out of money due to a bad harvest in its district and was forced to close. There is a story that Kukai and his counterpart monk at Saiji, Shubin, were both praying for a good rainfall. Only Kukai succeeded and Shubin became angry and shot an arrow at Kukai but an image of Jizo appeared and took the arrow for Kukai, saving his life. Near the original gate to Heian-kyo (now just a single stone marker) there is a Jizo statue which is chipped where the arrow hit it."

vs.

Current article: "Tō-ji and Sai-ji were built at the southern edge of the capital, and were the only Buddhist temples officially allowed in Heian-kyō at the time. Sai-ji disappeared in the 16th century. The reason was bad irrigation of Ukyō-ku and the lack of funds to maintain it.

A legend says that at the time of a great drought, Kūkai, the priest at Tō-ji, and Shubin, his colleague at Sai-ji, were both praying for the rainfall. Kūkai succeeded where Shubin had failed, and Shubin, envious, shot an arrow at Kūkai. At that time a Jizō appeared and took the arrow instead of Kūkai, saving his life. You can find the Jizō in question near the ruins of Rashōmon. It has been chipped where the arrow hit it."

As you can see, someone did try to change it a bit, but there are some key similarities, especially in the second section. The website mentions earlier that the two were the only Buddhist temples allowed in Heian-kyo, but this first section includes more info than the website, even though the two passages are about the same thing.Itsabooknotacourse (talk) 18:11, 29 April 2021 (UTC)