Myohoin
京都府
One of Tendai's three great monzeki temples founded in 1165 by Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, overseeing Sanjusangendo and preserving a Momoyama Great Shoin from Hideyoshi's Daigo viewing
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1165
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About 2 min walk from Higashiyama-Shichijo bus stop
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Myohoin is a Tendai monzeki temple (imperial-family-affiliated temple) said to have been founded in 1165 by command of Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, known as the temple that manages Sanjusangendo. It is one of the Tendai Sanmonzeki (three great Tendai monzeki) along with Shorenin and Sanzenin, and has long maintained its high prestige with members of the imperial family and court nobility serving …
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Myohoin is a Tendai monzeki temple traditionally said to have been founded in 1165 by order of Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa. From its earliest days the temple maintained deep ties with the imperial court, developing into a prestigious institution whose head priests were drawn generation after genera…
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