Shōren-in
35°00′26″N 135°47′00″E / 35.007311°N 135.783197°E / 35.007311; 135.783197
Shōren-in (青蓮院) | |
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Affiliation | Buddhism |
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Location | 69-1 Awadaguchi Sanjobocho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
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Completed | 13th Century |
Shōren-in (青蓮院) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.
History
It was built in the late 13th century. Shinran Shonin, the founder of the Jodo Shinshu pure land sect, was ordained a monk at Shōren-in at the age of nine.
Shōren-in was formerly the temple of the imperial abbot of the Tendai headquarters on Mount Hiei; the abbot was required to be chosen from the imperial family or high court aristocracy. After the Great Kyoto Fire of 1788, it was used as a temporary imperial palace for Empress Go-Sakuramachi. It was therefore also known as the Awata Palace. Her study room was converted into a tea room called Kobun-tei.[1] The main hall was rebuilt in 1895.
The temple complex contains a garden with massive eight-hundred-year-old camphor trees (kusunoki), and a pond filled with large stones and fed by a small waterfall.
The modern artist Hideki Kimura created a number of fusuma sliding doors with blue lotus motifs to evoke the Pure Land.[2][3][4]
See also
- List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
References
External links
Media related to Shōren-in at Wikimedia Commons
- Shorenin Official website(Japanese)
- Shorenin Official website(English)
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