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Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto.It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period (794–1185) [1] by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China.
Tendai (天台宗, Tendai-shū), also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 Tendai hokke shū, sometimes just "hokke shū"), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō (posthumously known as Dengyō Daishi). [1]
Sanshinzan Taisan-ji (三身山太山寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. It was established by Empress Genshō 's instruction in 716. Taisan-ji's Main Hall completed in 1293 is a National Treasure of Japan .
Today the monastery is notable both for its buildings and a fine garden – the gardens of the Manshu-in shoin are a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty. [ 1 ] The entry building contains a Tiger Room with images said to have been painted by Kanō Eitoku 狩野 永徳 (1543–1590), Bamboo Room with Edo wood-block prints, and Peacock ...
The Japanese word for a Buddhist monastery is tera (寺) (kun reading), and the same kanji also has the pronunciation ji (on reading), so temple names frequently end in -dera or -ji. Another ending, -in (院), is normally used to refer to minor temples. Examples of temple names that have these suffixes are Kiyomizu-dera, Enryaku-ji and Kōtoku-in.
What is today the temple's main hall was taken from Kita-in in Kawagoe (Saitama Prefecture) and transferred to the site of a former Kan'ei-ji subtemple. Kan'ei-ji's five-story pagoda (photo above) and the Ueno Tōshō-gū shrine were amongst the gems of the old temple enclosure. Both stand undisturbed by the passage of years since the end of ...
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Taisan-ji An'yō-in (太山寺 安養院) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was created as a tatchu temple (branch) in Taisan-ji . An'yō-in's karesansui completed in Azuchi–Momoyama period is a national Place of Scenic Beauty .