Kennin-ji Butsuden (Hatto)
京都府
Kyoto's oldest Zen temple founded by Eisai in 1202, housing Koizumi Junsaku's Twin Dragons ceiling and Sotatsu's Wind-and-Thunder Gods screens
The central hall of Kennin-ji, Kyoto's oldest Zen temple, founded in 1202 with Eisai as opening abbot under the patronage of Minamoto no Yoriie. The ceiling of the Hatto (Dharma Hall) features the dynamic "Soryuzu" (Twin Dragons) painted by Koizumi Junsaku—a massive ink painting the size of 108 tatami mats. A replica of the National Treasure "Fujin Raijin-zu" (Wind and Thunder Gods Screen) by Tawa…
Kennin-ji was founded in 1202 by the monk Eisai, who had brought Zen Buddhism from Song-dynasty China, under the patronage of Minamoto no Yoriie, the second shogun of the Kamakura shogunate. It is regarded as Kyoto's oldest Zen temple and one of Japan's earliest Zen establishments. In its early year…
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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