Gangyō-ji
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Gangyō-ji (元慶寺, Gangyō-ji) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, founded by the priest Henjō. The Emperor Kōkō endowed the temple and the emperor Kazan abdicated in this temple.[1]
History
Gangyō-ji was founded in the early Heian period.[1]
- 877 (Gangyō 1): The temple is founded, and it takes its name from the era (nengō) in which it was first established.[2]
- 986 (Kanna 2): The emperor Kazan abdicated in this temple. He renounced his throne and the world. Two courtiers, the chūnagon Yoshikane and the sachūben (左中辨 middle-level controller of the left) Korenari, decided to follow the former emperor's example and became Buddhist priests themselves. After this, the temple was also known more popularly as Kazan-ji (花山寺, Temple of (Emperor) Kazan).[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Ponsonby-Fane, R. (1959). Kyoto: the old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, pp. 113-114.
- ^ Titsingh, Issac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 124; Ponsonby-Fane, p. 114.
References
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
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