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*''Japanese'': 本蓮寺 ''(honren ji)''
Honren-ji is a [[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren sect]] [[Buddhist temple]] in [[Ushimado]], a port town in [[Okayama prefecture]].
The temple was originally founded during the [[Nanbokucho period|Nanbokuchô period]], and was re-established or revived in [[1438]] by [[Nichigyo|Nichigyô]]<!--日暁-->, a disciple of [[Nichiren]]. The temple then came to be patronized by the Ishihara family, a wealthy local family involved in maritime trade, some members of whom took the [[tonsure]] and joined Honren-ji as monks.
The temple fell into decline again in the 16th century, but was revived around [[1660]]. In the late 17th and 18th centuries, the temple came to host [[Korean embassies to Edo]] on a number of occasions when such missions passed through the [[Inland Sea]] on their way to and from [[Edo]].
A number of buildings in the complex, including the ''hondô'' (main hall, [[1492]]), ''chûmon'' (middle gate, c. 1492), ''banshin-dô'' (a sutra hall, [[Muromachi period]]), have been designated as [[Important Cultural Properties]].
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==References==
*''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okayama Prefectural Museum, 2007, 34.
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[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Honren-ji is a [[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren sect]] [[Buddhist temple]] in [[Ushimado]], a port town in [[Okayama prefecture]].
The temple was originally founded during the [[Nanbokucho period|Nanbokuchô period]], and was re-established or revived in [[1438]] by [[Nichigyo|Nichigyô]]<!--日暁-->, a disciple of [[Nichiren]]. The temple then came to be patronized by the Ishihara family, a wealthy local family involved in maritime trade, some members of whom took the [[tonsure]] and joined Honren-ji as monks.
The temple fell into decline again in the 16th century, but was revived around [[1660]]. In the late 17th and 18th centuries, the temple came to host [[Korean embassies to Edo]] on a number of occasions when such missions passed through the [[Inland Sea]] on their way to and from [[Edo]].
A number of buildings in the complex, including the ''hondô'' (main hall, [[1492]]), ''chûmon'' (middle gate, c. 1492), ''banshin-dô'' (a sutra hall, [[Muromachi period]]), have been designated as [[Important Cultural Properties]].
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==References==
*''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okayama Prefectural Museum, 2007, 34.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]