Seigan-ji Temple — Attraction in Kyoto

駒札： 誓願寺 天智天皇六年（667）、天皇の勅願により創建された。本堂の阿弥陀如来坐像は賢問子（けんもんし）・芥子国（けしこく）〔親子〕の作であった。もとは奈良にあったが、鎌倉初期に京の一条小川（現・上京区元誓願寺通小川西入）に移転し、その後、天正十九年（1591）に豊臣秀吉の寺町整備に際して現在地に移された。 その当時は、京都有数の巨刹の規模を有し、表門は寺町六角に面し、裏門は三条通に北面し、境内地六千五百坪には多数の伽藍を有し、十八ヶ寺の山内寺院を擁していた。 清少納言、和泉式部、秀吉の側室・松の丸殿が帰依したことにより、女性往生の寺としても名高い。また源信僧都は、当寺にて善財講を修し、一遍上人も念仏賦算を行った。浄土宗元祖の法然上人が興福寺の蔵俊（ぞうしゅん）僧都より当寺を譲られて以降、浄土宗になったという。現在は、法然上人の高弟・西山（せいざん）上人善恵房證空（ぜんねぼうしょうくう）の流れをくむ浄土宗西山深草派の総本山である。 （現地駒札より） Piece card: Seiganji Temple It was founded in the 6th year of Emperor Tenchi (667) by the imperial request of the emperor. The seated statue of Amida Nyorai in the main hall was made by Kenmonshi and Keshikokoku (parent and child). Originally located in Nara, it was moved to Kyoto's Ichijo Ogawa (now Motoseiganji-dori Ogawa Nishiiri, Kamigyo-ku) in the early Kamakura period, and then moved to its current location in 1591 when Hideyoshi Toyotomi built a temple town. transferred. At that time, it was one of the largest temples in Kyoto, with the front gate facing Teramachi Rokkaku and the back gate facing north on Sanjo Street. It had a mountain temple in the temple. Sei Shonagon, Izumi Shikibu, and Hideyoshi's concubine, Matsunomaru-dono, have devoted themselves to this temple, making it famous as a temple for women's death. In addition, Genshin Sozu conducted the Zenzai Kou at this temple, and Ippen Shonin performed the Nembutsu Fusan. It is said that the temple became the Jodo sect after Honen Shonin, the founder of the Jodo sect, was handed over to the temple by Zoshun of Kofuku-ji Temple. Today, it is the head temple of the Seizan Fukakusa School of Jodo Buddhism, which descends from Seizan Zennebo Shoku, a senior disciple of Honen Shonin. (From the...

A Buddhist temple in Kyoto near Nikishi market. The Buddha statue is beautiful. During the visit, there was an ongoing ceremony where a monk was performing a ritual with a lecture. However, guests were allowed to come in and observe. There is a prayer booth in front of the altar for guests to drop in...

Lovely temple which looks forbidding at first glance but then you are welcome to step in and look at the various statues and/or to offer prayers. Look up at the ceiling for more examples of the intricate architecture. If you’re lucky, you’ll catch a glimpse of the cute, shy cat that lives on...