Chion-in

The main gate of Chion-in.

• Established: 1234
• Japanese: 知恩院 (Chion-in)

Chion-in, in Kyoto, is the head temple of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism. The main gate of the temple is the largest in the country of that particular type or style.

Originally founded in 1234, the entire compound was rebuilt in the 1630s, under the patronage of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. The hollyhock crest of the Tokugawa clan can be seen on the ends of many of the roofbeams.