遍路秘仏 app for iPhone and iPad

アプリ名：空海の世界 遍路秘仏
アプリ英文名：Hidden Buddhist treasures of Shikoku: Sacred sites connected to Kukai

＜ごあいさつ＞
「空海の世界 遍路秘仏」に収められている仏像写真は、四国八十八箇所を密教写真家 櫻井恵武氏が約4年の歳月を費やし、まず目にする事の出来ない非公開の本尊や尊像を、カメラに収めてきた非常に貴重な写真です。寺院の解説や情報も網羅しております。是非、参拝のお供としてご鑑賞頂ければ幸いです。
※このアプリの内容は「空海の世界 四国秘仏」と同じ内容となります。

-Description-
The photographs of Buddhist statues collected in “Hidden Buddhist treasures of Shikoku: Sacred sites connected to Kukai” are extremely rare and precious images. Megumu Sakurai, a photographer specializing in esoteric Buddhism, spent four years photographing the statues of Buddhas and Buddhist deities found on the route of the Shikoku 88-Temple Pilgrimage, images rarely on view to the public. Full commentary and information on the temples concerned are also provided. We hope you will enjoy viewing this unique app as a companion to visiting these temples in the real world.


＜操作方法＞
■一覧で選ぶ
「一覧で選ぶ」画面では、四国八十八箇所の寺院から見たい仏像写真をお選び頂けます。

■写真で選ぶ
「写真で選ぶ」画面では、サムネイル写真の一覧から見たい仏像写真をお選び頂けます。

■詳細画面　
上記操作にてお選び頂いた仏像写真上で指を広げることにより拡大が可能となります。
説明文をタッチすれば、仏像写真の解説および宗派、本尊、開基、創建、真言、ご詠歌をご覧頂けます。
MAPをタッチすれば、GPSと連動して寺院の位置を確認することができます。

-Instructions-
Choose from List
On the “Choose from List” screen, you can select the Buddhist statue photograph you want to view from among the temples of the Shikoku 88-Temple Pilgrimage.

Choose from Photos
On the “Choose from Photos” screen, you can select the Buddhist statue photograph you want to view from among the complete collection of thumbnail images.

Detailed Screens
You can zoom into a photograph of the Buddhist statue you have selected on one of the screens described above by unpinching your fingers.
Touch the caption to view commentary on the photograph and information on the temple’s sect of Buddhism, principal image, foundations, establishment, mantras, and Buddhist chants.
Touch the map to show the temple’s GPS location.


＜プロフィール＞
櫻井 恵武
密教写真家　1941年新潟県沼津市生まれ
1996年自身の大病で如来体験を機に空海の即身成仏に魅せられ得度以来、高野山で山内の諸仏、行事など撮影後、2000年より四国八十八箇所において、秘仏の撮影を始める。
2007年より日本各地にて展示会及び講演等を開催。

-Profile-
Megumu Sakurai
Photographer specializing in esoteric Buddhism
Born in 1941 in Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture
Following a mysterious near-death experience from severe illness in 1996, Sakurai was attracted by Kukai’s concept of “attaining Buddhahood during one’s life” and underwent the tokudo (initial ordination) ritual. He subsequently started photographing the various Buddha images and rituals of Mt. Koya, and since 2000 he has been photographing the “hidden Buddhas” of the Shikoku 88-Temple Pilgrimage. Since 2007, he has held exhibitions and given lectures throughout Japan.