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The temple was originally called Ryakuô Shisei-zenji, after the Ryakuô era in which it was founded; after Takauji's younger brother [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] had a dream of a golden dragon, the temple was renamed Tenryû Shisei-zenji. Construction was funded chiefly by a combination of donations, and income from a set of trading ships known as the Tenryûji-sen ("Tenryû-ji ships"), which journeyed to [[Yuan Dynasty]] China, and through which the temple became quite wealthy. Construction of the temple's main buildings was completed by [[1343]], and Tenryû-ji came to be considered the first among the so-called [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Kyôto gozan''; Kyoto's top five Zen temples)<ref>[[Nanzen-ji]] is ranked above the Five Mountains, however, and thus above Tenryû-ji.</ref>

The temple was originally called Ryakuô Shisei-zenji, after the Ryakuô era in which it was founded; after Takauji's younger brother [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] had a dream of a golden dragon, the temple was renamed Tenryû Shisei-zenji. Construction was funded chiefly by a combination of donations, and income from a set of trading ships known as the Tenryûji-sen ("Tenryû-ji ships"), which journeyed to [[Yuan Dynasty]] China, and through which the temple became quite wealthy. Construction of the temple's main buildings was completed by [[1343]], and Tenryû-ji came to be considered the first among the so-called [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Kyôto gozan''; Kyoto's top five Zen temples)<ref>[[Nanzen-ji]] is ranked above the Five Mountains, however, and thus above Tenryû-ji.</ref>

Over the centuries, the temple suffered damage from fire, and was rebuilt, on roughly eight occasions. The most recent extensive reconstruction of the temple was in [[1864]]; most of the buildings extant today thus date to the [[Meiji period]], or are more recent.

Over the centuries, the temple suffered damage from fire, and was rebuilt, on roughly eight occasions. The most recent extensive reconstruction of the temple was in [[1864]]; most of the buildings extant today thus date to the [[Meiji period]], or are more recent. The abbot's quarters, or ''hôjô'', houses the temple's oldest sacred sculpture, an image of [[Shakamuni]] dating to the [[Fujiwara period]].

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