Koseiji is a Soto Zen temple in Uji Yamada, Uji City, holding an extremely important position in the history of the Soto sect as the dojo where the monk Dogen first spread Soto Zen in Japan. Dogen founded Koseiji in Fukakusa in 1236, and the present Koseiji in Uji carries on that lineage. The approach known as "Kotosaka" follows a stone-paved path along a tributary of the Uji River, becoming a tun…
In 1236 (Jotei 2), Dogen, having completed years of study in Song-dynasty China, founded Kosho Horin-ji (later Koseiji) in Fukakusa south of the capital, establishing the first authentic Soto Zen training hall in Japan. There he composed key portions of the Shobogenzo and promulgated the Fukanzazeng…
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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