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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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Konkai Kômyô-ji is the Jôdo school buddhism temple, located in Sakyô ward [[Kyoto]] city was founded by [[Honen|Hônen]]. | Konkai Kômyô-ji is the Jôdo school buddhism temple, located in Sakyô ward [[Kyoto]] city was founded by [[Honen|Hônen]]. | ||
One of the chief temple of the Jôdo school. | One of the chief temple of the Jôdo school. | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 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 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 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.
