Shinzenkoji (Sennyuji)
京都府
Founded in 1243 by Emperor Gosaga's vow, enshrining an Amida triad identical to Zenkoji's, enabling a Zenkoji pilgrimage without leaving Kyoto
A Shingon (Sennyuji branch) temple founded in 1243 at Ichijoomiyas at the imperial request of Emperor Gosaga, then relocated within the Sennyuji temple complex. Its principal image, an Ikkosanzon Amida Nyorai in the same form as that at Zenkoji in Nagano, earned it a reputation as a place to experience a Zenkoji pilgrimage without leaving Kyoto. Kano-school sliding-door paintings remain in the mai…
Shinzenkoji Temple is said to have been founded in 1243 (Kan'en 1) at Ichijoomiyas by the monk Chigan Shonin, at the imperial behest of Emperor Gosaga. The temple enshrines an Ikkosanzon Amida Nyorai believed to be in the same form as the principal image of Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, and it came to b…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "一光三尊阿弥陀如来"
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