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| [[Image:Honryuji.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main gate to Honryû-ji.]] | | [[Image:Honryuji.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main gate to Honryû-ji.]] |
| + | ::''For other temples by the same name, see [[Honryu-ji (disambig)]]'' |
| *''Established: [[1488]], [[Nichishin]]'' | | *''Established: [[1488]], [[Nichishin]]'' |
| *''Japanese'': 本隆寺 ''(honryuu-ji)'' | | *''Japanese'': 本隆寺 ''(honryuu-ji)'' |
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| Honryû-ji is one of eight head temples of the Shinmon school of the [[Hokke sect]] in [[Kyoto]]. It was established in [[1488]] by [[Nichishin]], a follower of [[Nichiren]], at Shijô-Ômiya. | | Honryû-ji is one of eight head temples of the Shinmon school of the [[Hokke sect]] in [[Kyoto]]. It was established in [[1488]] by [[Nichishin]], a follower of [[Nichiren]], at Shijô-Ômiya. |
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− | The temple was destroyed in the early years of the [[Tenbun era]] (1532-1554), when the Hokke sect came under attack, but was rebuilt at its current location in [[1542]]. Much of the neighboring area was destroyed in fires in [[1730]] and [[1788]], but Honryû-ji miraculously survived, and has since been known as ''Yakezu-no-tera'' ("unburnable temple"). | + | The temple was destroyed in the early years of the [[Tenbun era]] (1532-1554), when the Hokke sect came under attack, but was rebuilt at its current location in [[1542]]. Much of the neighboring area was destroyed in fires in [[1730]] and [[Great Tenmei Fire|1788]], but Honryû-ji miraculously survived, and has since been known as ''Yakezu-no-tera'' ("unburnable temple"). |
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| Honryû-ji's grounds include Chiyo-no-i, one of the five clear water wells of [[Nishijin]]; a pine tree that is believed to keep babies from crying; and eight [[tatchu|sub-temples]]. The temple's treasures include a [[mandala]] said to have been painted by Nichiren himself. | | Honryû-ji's grounds include Chiyo-no-i, one of the five clear water wells of [[Nishijin]]; a pine tree that is believed to keep babies from crying; and eight [[tatchu|sub-temples]]. The temple's treasures include a [[mandala]] said to have been painted by Nichiren himself. |