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*''Founded: [[1272]], [[Ryoe|Ryôe]]''

*''Founded: [[1611]], [[Taichu|Taichû]]''

*''Other Names'': 悟真寺 ''(Goshinji)'', 朝陽山 栴檀王院 無上法林寺 ''(Chouyouzan sendannouin mujou hourin ji)''

*''Other Names'': 朝陽山 栴檀王院 無上法林寺 ''(Chouyouzan sendannouin mujou hourin ji)''

*''Japanese'': 壇王法林寺 ''(Dannou hourinji)''

*''Japanese'': 壇王法林寺 ''(Dannou hourinji)''

Dannôhôrin-ji is a [[Jodo shu|Jôdo shû]] (Pure Land) Buddhist temple in [[Kyoto]] which claims to hold the oldest ''[[maneki neko]]'' (inviting cat) statue in the country.

Dannôhôrin-ji is a [[Jodo shu|Jôdo shû]] (Pure Land) Buddhist temple in [[Kyoto]] which claims to hold the oldest ''[[maneki neko]]'' (inviting cat) statue in the country.

The temple was founded in [[1272]] as Goshin-ji by the monk [[Ryoe|Bôseirô Ryôe]], with the approval or support of [[Emperor Kameyama]]. Ryôe then taught the teachings of [[Honen|Hônen]] there, and made it a center for spreading the teachings of devotion to the ''[[nenbutsu]]''. The temple survived for some time, but was destroyed and rebuilt in fires and other disasters a number of times, finally being destroyed in the 1550s or 1560s, and not rebuilt.

A previous temple, Goshin-ji (悟真寺), was founded on the site in [[1272]] by the monk [[Ryoe|Bôseirô Ryôe]], with the approval or support of [[Emperor Kameyama]]. Ryôe then taught the teachings of [[Honen|Hônen]] there, and made it a center for spreading the teachings of devotion to the ''[[nenbutsu]]''. The temple survived for some time, but was destroyed and rebuilt in fires and other disasters a number of times, finally being destroyed in the 1550s or 1560s, and not rebuilt.

The monk [[Taichu|Taichû]], after introducing Pure Land Buddhism into the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], returned to Kyoto in [[1611]] and made his retreat on the former site of the destroyed Goshin-ji, naming it Chôyô-zan Sendannô-in Mujôhôrin-ji. In [[1619]], Taichû passed the abbotship of the temple over to his disciple Dannô, and retired to a site near Higashiyama Gojô-zaka. Prior to his retirement, however, Taichû received a number of gifts from King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of Ryûkyû which remain in the temple's collection today. These include a lacquerware chair, several other pieces of [[Ryukyu lacquerware|Ryûkyû lacquerware]], an impression of a famous calligraphic inscription by [[Sima Guang]], and perhaps most significantly, a portrait of Taichû by Shô Nei himself, inscribed too with calligraphy by the king himself.  

The monk [[Taichu|Taichû]], after introducing Pure Land Buddhism into the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], returned to Kyoto in [[1611]] and made his retreat on the former site of the destroyed Goshin-ji, naming it Chôyô-zan Sendannô-in Mujôhôrin-ji. In [[1619]], Taichû passed the abbotship of the temple over to his disciple Dannô, and retired to a site near Higashiyama Gojô-zaka. Prior to his retirement, however, Taichû received a number of gifts from King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of Ryûkyû which remain in the temple's collection today. These include a lacquerware chair in the Ryukyuan style, several other pieces of [[Ryukyu lacquerware|Ryûkyû lacquerware]], an impression of a famous calligraphic inscription by [[Sima Guang]], a painting of [[West Lake]], and perhaps most significant, a portrait of Taichû by Shô Nei himself, inscribed too with calligraphy by the king himself. The objects gifted to the temple by the king also included a [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] brocade of a four-clawed dragon on a red background, which was then donated by the temple to be incorporated into the Kuronushi-yama float for the [[Gion Matsuri]].

Under Dannô, the temple built a new ''hondô'' (Main Hall) to house a statue of [[Amida]] said to have been carved by [[Eshin]]. About a century later, in the 1730s or 1740s, the temple came to house the mortuary tablets of [[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]] (granddaughter of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and empress consort of [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]]). From that time forward, the temple was able to incorporate both the [[chrysanthemum]] crest of the Imperial household and the ''mitsuba aoi'' (three-leaf hollyhock) crest of the [[Tokugawa clan]] into its architecture or decor in certain limited ways.

Under Dannô, the temple built a new ''hondô'' (Main Hall) to house a statue of [[Amida]] said to have been carved by [[Eshin]]. About a century later, in the 1730s or 1740s, the temple came to house the mortuary tablets of [[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]] (granddaughter of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and empress consort of [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]]). From that time forward, the temple was able to incorporate both the [[chrysanthemum]] crest of the Imperial household and the ''mitsuba aoi'' (three-leaf hollyhock) crest of the [[Tokugawa clan]] into its architecture or decor in certain limited ways.

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