A celebrated Rinzai Myoshinji-branch temple in Yamanashi City, housing a National Treasure Buddhist hall. The hall was built in the early Muromachi period (around 1415) and is regarded as an outstanding example of the Zen (Tang-style) architectural tradition, of great importance in the history of Japanese architecture. The temple is said to have been founded by Muso Soseki at the request of Ashika…

Seihakuji Temple is traditionally said to have been founded by the eminent Rinzai monk Muso Soseki at the behest of Ashikaga Takauji, the first shogun of the Muromachi shogunate. The National Treasure Buddhist hall, which survives to the present day, is believed to have been constructed around 1415 …