Difference between revisions of "Konkai Komyo-ji"
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More than 1000 [[Aizu han]] samurai stationed in the temple. | More than 1000 [[Aizu han]] samurai stationed in the temple. | ||
There is a grave site of the Aizu samurai who died in [[Kinmon Rebellion]] and the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]]. | There is a grave site of the Aizu samurai who died in [[Kinmon Rebellion]] and the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]]. | ||
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| + | There is the grave of [[Aizu Kotetsu]] who was a Chugen of Aizu han and also a gang leader. | ||
| + | After the battle of Toba-Fushimi, he mobilized his gang members to gather the bodies of abandoned dead Aizu samurai and buried them. | ||
| + | He protected the grave site with priests of Konkai Kômyô-ji from the persecution. | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
*[http://www.kurodani.jp/ Konkai Kômyô-ji Official] | *[http://www.kurodani.jp/ Konkai Kômyô-ji Official] | ||
[[Category:Temples]] | [[Category:Temples]] | ||
Revision as of 07:07, 14 March 2008
- Year of foundation: 1175
- Japanese:金戒光明寺(Konkai Koumyouji)
Konkai Kômyô-ji is the Jôdo school buddhism temple, located in Sakyô ward Kyoto city was founded by Hônen. One of the chief temple of the Jôdo school.
The main hall Miei-dô was burnt down in 1934 and reconstructed in 1944.
Bakumatsu
Konkai Kômyô-ji was the headquater of Kyoto Shugo Shoku in Bakumatsu. More than 1000 Aizu han samurai stationed in the temple. There is a grave site of the Aizu samurai who died in Kinmon Rebellion and the Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
There is the grave of Aizu Kotetsu who was a Chugen of Aizu han and also a gang leader. After the battle of Toba-Fushimi, he mobilized his gang members to gather the bodies of abandoned dead Aizu samurai and buried them. He protected the grave site with priests of Konkai Kômyô-ji from the persecution.
