Erin-ji Temple
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, is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Located in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. It is the clan temple of the Takeda clan, noted Sengoku period warlords and rulers of Kai Province from the Muromachi period. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyōrai.
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Vinony files it under Buddhist temples in Yamanashi Prefecture, Buildings and structures in Kōshū, Yamanashi and Important Cultural Properties (Japan).
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Koshu
- Dedicated to
- Shakyamuni Tathāgata
- Image
- Erinji main gate.JPG
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- Commons category
- Erinji
- inception
- 1380-00-00
- name in kana
- えりんじ
- street address
- 山梨県甲州市塩山小屋敷2280
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Cultural properties
- Important cultural properties
- Erin-ji Gate
- ''Tachi'' Japanese sword
- ''Tantō'' Japanese sword
- National Place of Scenic Beauty
- Erin-ji gardens
- See also
- References
- External links
, is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Located in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. It is the clan temple of the Takeda clan, noted Sengoku period warlords and rulers of Kai Province from the Muromachi period. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyōrai.
==History== The temple founded in 1380 by Nikaidō Sadafuji, the shugo of Kai Province, who invited the noted Zen prelate Musō Soseki from Kanagawa to build a hermitage on his property. Due to the fame of Musō Soseki, it became the center for the dissemination of Rinzai teachings in Kao Province, and was named one of the Kantō Jissetsu by Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. However, the temple fell into ruin during the Onin War. It was revived in the Sengoku period by Takeda Harunobu in 1541. Takeda Shingen made Kaisen Joki head priest in 1564. In 1582, Kai Province was invaded by an alliance between Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Eirin-ji was accused of sheltering Rokkaku Yoshisuke (a former enemy of the Oda), and the temple was completely destroyed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erin-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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