A Tendai-sect temple founded in 1013 as the residential quarters of the head priest of Shoriniin. It is celebrated for its 'framed garden' Bankanen, where the pillars of the guest hall serve as a picture frame around a 700-year-old Japanese white pine said to be modeled on Mt. Omi-Fuji. The blood-stained ceiling incorporates floorboards from Fushimi Castle, where you can still make out the footpri…
Hosen-in is a Tendai-sect temple founded in 1013 (the second year of Chowa) as the residential quarters of the head priest of Shorin-in. Shorin-in flourished as a center of shomyo (Buddhist chant) culture in the Ohara district, and Hosen-in long shared its history as a sub-temple within that traditi…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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