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*''Founded: [[1428]], [[Hino Eiko]]''
[[Image:Jijuin.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The gates to Jiju-in.]]
*''Founded: [[1428]], [[Hino Eishi]]''
*''Other Names'': 広徳山 ''(Koutoku-zan)'', 竹之御所 ''(Take no gosho)'', 烏丸御所 ''(Karasuma gosho)''
*''Other Names'': 広徳山 ''(Koutoku-zan)'', 竹之御所 ''(Take no gosho)'', 烏丸御所 ''(Karasuma gosho)''
*''Japanese'': 慈受院 ''(Jiju-in)''
*''Japanese'': 慈受院 ''(Jiju-in)''
Jiju-in was a prominent nunnery established in [[1428]] by [[Hino Eiko]], in following with the last wishes of her late husband, [[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshimochi]], who died the previous year.
Jiju-in was a prominent nunnery established in [[1428]] by [[Hino Eishi]], in following with the last wishes of her late husband, [[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshimochi]], who died the previous year.
Following its establishment, numerous members of the [[Imperial family]], members of the ''[[kuge]]'' such as the [[Konoe family|Konoe]] and [[Hanayama family|Hanayama families]], and of the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga family]], took the tonsure and resided here.
Following its establishment, numerous members of the [[Imperial family]], members of the ''[[kuge]]'' such as the [[Konoe family|Konoe]] and [[Hanayama family|Hanayama families]], and of the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga family]], took the tonsure and resided here. Its abbesses were always taken from the Imperial family, or the families of the ''[[sessho and kampaku|sesshô and kampaku]]'' regents.
The temple has been moved from its original location, which is believed to have been, previously, the site of [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]]'s [[Hojo-ji|Hôjô-ji]], also known as the Usugumo Palace, a site also closely associated with the [[Tale of Genji]].
The temple has been moved from its original location, where it was erected on the former site of [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]]'s [[Hojo-ji|Hôjô-ji]]; Hôjô-ji was the model for the Usugumo Palace which appears in the [[Tale of Genji]], and as a result, Jiju-in has taken on the name "Usugumo Palace" (''Usugumo gosho'') as well.
==References==
==References==
*Plaques on site.
*Plaques on site.
==External Links==
*[http://www.jijuin.com/ Jijuin Official Website].
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=6526266324047759676&q=%E6%85%88%E5%8F%97%E9%99%A2&hl=en&ved=0CA4Q-gswAA&sa=X&ei=clAfT9L7OpHRiAL90_ysDw&sig2=1vDXCN7qRtoYtGv3_VIPSA Jiju-in on Google Maps].
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Temples]]