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Nanzen-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Kyoto]]'s Higashiyama district, the head temple of the Nanzen-ji school of [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]]. It is ranked above the [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Kyoto Gozan''; the five great Zen temples of Kyoto).

Nanzen-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Kyoto]]'s Higashiyama district, the head temple of the Nanzen-ji school of [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]]. It is ranked above the [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Kyoto Gozan''; the five great Zen temples of Kyoto).

The temple traces its origins to [[Emperor Kameyama]]'s [[1264]] establishment of a villa he called Zenrinjiden. In [[1291]], the Kameyama then converted the villa into a Zen temple; its first head priest was Daimin-kokushi. Many of the temple's buildings were completed under the second head priest, Nan'in-kokushi.

The temple traces its origins to [[Emperor Kameyama]]'s [[1264]] establishment of a villa he called Zenrinjiden. In [[1291]], Kameyama then converted the villa into a Zen temple; its first head priest was Daimin-kokushi. Many of the temple's buildings were completed under the second head priest, Nan'in-kokushi.

The temple suffered considerable damage from fires in [[1394]], [[1448]], and [[1467]]; most of the buildings standing on the grounds today date to the [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]] (c. [[1573]]-[[1600]]).

The temple suffered considerable damage from fires in [[1394]], [[1448]], and [[1467]]; most of the buildings standing on the grounds today date to the [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]] (c. [[1573]]-[[1600]]).