Dōjō-ji

Dōjō-ji 道成寺
Hondō (1357) and Three-storey pagoda (1763)
Basic information
Location	1738 Kanemaki, Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture
Affiliation	Tendai
Deity	Senjū Kannon
Country	Japan
Website	http://www.dojoji.com/
Completed	701

Dōjō-ji (道成寺^?) is a Tendai school Buddhist temple in Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 701, it has given name to a number of plays, the statues of Senjū Kannon, Nikkō Bosatsu, and Gakkō Bosatsu are National Treasures, and there are a number of other Important Cultural Properties.

The story of the monk Anchin (安珍^?) and his spurned lover Kiyohime (清姫^?) who, devoured by her passion and jealousy, a serpent and pursues him to his destruction, is the subject of the Noh play Dōjōji, known for the rare prominence of its dramatic prop, the temple bell; as well as the Kabuki play Musume Dōjōji with its long onnagata buyō.