A sub-temple of Tenryuji founded in 1461 by Hosokawa Yoriyuki with the monk Seichuei as founding abbot. The strolling landscape garden "Shishiku-no-niwa" (Roar of the Lion Garden), using Arashiyama as borrowed scenery, is a celebrated garden with lion-shaped rocks and over 200 maple trees in a splendid composition. "Shishiku" (roar of the lion) is a metaphor for the voice of the Buddha's teaching,…
Hogenin was founded in 1461 (Kansho 2) as a sub-temple of Tenryuji by Hosokawa Yoriyuki, who served as kanrei (deputy shogun) of the Muromachi shogunate, with the monk Seichu Eiko as its founding abbot. The temple's buildings were destroyed by fire during the Onin War (1467–1477), and for several ce…
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Recovery from illness, bodily wellness, peace of mind. Especially efficacious at Yakushi and Kannon temples.
Derived from the enshrined deity "十一面観音"
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