A Rinzai Nanzenji-ha temple founded in 1335 by Ashikaga Takauji following the Ankokuji-Rishotō system. Located in Katamachi, Fuchu-shi, it flourished as a core temple of Rinzai Zen in the Tama region. Originally said to be the site of the residence of Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara Toda), and the legend remains that Benkei washed his inkstone in the well in the precincts (Benkei Suzuri no Ido). The …
Koan-ji is a Rinzai Nanzenji-ha temple established in 1335 (Kenmu 2) by Ashikaga Takauji as the Ankokuji (temple for national pacification) of Musashi Province, founded under the Ankokuji-Rishotō system he instituted across the country. Before the temple's founding, the site is traditionally said to…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "釈迦如来"
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