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* ''Year of foundation'': [[1175]] | * ''Year of foundation'': [[1175]] | ||
| − | * ''Japanese'':金戒光明寺''(Konkai Koumyouji)'' | + | * ''Japanese'': 金戒光明寺 ''(Konkai Koumyouji)'' |
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| − | The main hall ''Miei-dô'' | + | [[Image:黒谷.JPG|right|thumb|Miei-dô]] |
| + | Konkai Kômyô-ji is a Jôdo school buddhist temple, located in Sakyô ward of [[Kyoto]], founded by [[Honen|Hônen]]. It is one of the chief temples of the Jôdo school. | ||
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| + | The main hall ''Miei-dô'' burnt down in 1934 and reconstructed in 1944. | ||
==Bakumatsu== | ==Bakumatsu== | ||
| − | Konkai Kômyô-ji was the headquater of [[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]] | + | Konkai Kômyô-ji was the headquater of [[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]] during the [[Bakumatsu Period|Bakumatsu]]. |
| − | More than 1000 [[Aizu han]] samurai stationed in the temple. | + | More than 1000 [[Aizu han]] samurai were 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 the [[Kinmon Rebellion]] and the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]]. As well as the grave of [[Aizu Kotetsu]] who was a [[Chugen|Chûgen]] 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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:23, 15 March 2008
- Year of foundation: 1175
- Japanese: 金戒光明寺 (Konkai Koumyouji)
Konkai Kômyô-ji is a Jôdo school buddhist temple, located in Sakyô ward of Kyoto, founded by Hônen. It is one of the chief temples of the Jôdo school.
The main hall Miei-dô burnt down in 1934 and reconstructed in 1944.
Bakumatsu
Konkai Kômyô-ji was the headquater of Kyoto Shugo Shoku during the Bakumatsu. More than 1000 Aizu han samurai were stationed in the temple. There is a grave site of the Aizu samurai who died in the Kinmon Rebellion and the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. As well as the grave of Aizu Kotetsu who was a Chûgen 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.
