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Daigo-ji (Japanese: 醍醐寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Its main devotion ( honzon ) is Yakushi . Daigo , literally " ghee ", is used figuratively to mean " crème de la crème " and is a metaphor of the most profound part of Buddhist thoughts.
This monk was buried in the precincts of Daigo-ji, which is why the former-emperor's posthumous name became Daigo-tennō. [15] Daigo also ordered construction of several halls in the Daigo-ji, such as the Yakushi hall. The actual site of Daigo's grave is known. [1] This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi ...
Monkan was a Buddhist priest of the Shingon Ritsushu and Daigo schools of Shingon Buddhism, and served as the head of Daigo-ji, Shitennō-ji, Bettō, and the first chief priest of Toji in the Go-Daigo dynasty, as well as the head of all Buddhist affairs in the Sōkan of the Ritsuryo system. He was one of the most important figures in Emperor Go ...
Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō) (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan, [1] according to the traditional order of succession. [2] He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and established the short-lived Kenmu Restoration to bring the Imperial House back into power.
Born at the end of the Kamakura period as the daughter of Nijō Tameyo. [1] Tameyo's father, Fujiwara Mikohidarike, was the head of the Fujiwara Hokke family and a great-grandchild to Fujiwara no Teika (also known as Fujiwara Sadaie), Tameyo himself was a major figure in poetry at the time being praised as "a master of the road, he dared to have no sword" (Hanazono Tenno Shinki /"The Records ...
The warlord Oda Nobunaga ended this Buddhist militancy in 1571 by attacking Enryaku-ji, leveling the buildings and slaughtering monks. The current structures date from the late 16th century to early 17th century and reflect Edo period details, but the main building (the Konponchudo, a National Treasure) was built in 887. Daigo-ji (醍醐寺)
A hira-kara-mon at Daigo-ji. Hira-kara-mon (平唐門) are distinguished with two kara-hafu on the left and right sides of the gate. This type of gate was originally used at palaces, and was once called miyuki-mon (御幸門). [7]
Three letters in the emperor's own handwriting addressed to a monk of Hōon-in (報恩院), Daigo-ji, with the intention of unifying the Ono (小野) and Hirosawa (広沢) branches of the Shingon sect Kamakura period, 1309 three letters mounted on a rolled scroll, 32.8 cm × 347.2 cm (12.9 in × 136.7 in) Daigo-ji, Kyoto