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| [[File:Tenryuji-sogenchi.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Sôgenchi gardens at Tenryû-ji, designed by [[Muso Soseki|Musô Soseki]]]] | | [[File:Tenryuji-sogenchi.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Sôgenchi gardens at Tenryû-ji, designed by [[Muso Soseki|Musô Soseki]]]] |
| + | ::''For the temple in Okinawa, see [[Tenryu-ji (Okinawa)]].'' |
| *''Founded: [[1339]], [[Ashikaga Takauji]]'' | | *''Founded: [[1339]], [[Ashikaga Takauji]]'' |
| *''Other Names'': 霊亀山 ''(Reiki-zan)'', 天龍資聖禅寺 ''(Tenryuu shiseizenji)'' | | *''Other Names'': 霊亀山 ''(Reiki-zan)'', 天龍資聖禅寺 ''(Tenryuu shiseizenji)'' |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
− | The site was previously that of [[Danrin-ji]], established in the 9th century as the first [[Zen]] temple in Japan. [[Emperor Kameyama]] built a villa on the site in the 13th century, and Kameyama's grandson, Emperor Go-Daigo, was raised and educated in large part there. | + | The site was previously that of a villa built by [[Emperor Kameyama]] in the 13th century, and Kameyama's grandson, Emperor Go-Daigo, was raised and educated in large part there. |
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| The temple was originally called Ryakuô Shisei-zenji, after the Ryakuô era in which it was founded; after Takauji's younger brother [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] had a dream of a golden dragon, the temple was renamed Tenryû Shisei-zenji. Construction was funded chiefly by a combination of donations, and income from a set of trading ships known as the Tenryûji-sen ("Tenryû-ji ships"), which journeyed to [[Yuan Dynasty]] China, and through which the temple became quite wealthy. Construction of the temple's main buildings was completed by [[1343]], and Tenryû-ji came to be considered the first among the so-called [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Kyôto gozan''; Kyoto's top five Zen temples)<ref>[[Nanzen-ji]] is ranked above the Five Mountains, however, and thus above Tenryû-ji.</ref> | | The temple was originally called Ryakuô Shisei-zenji, after the Ryakuô era in which it was founded; after Takauji's younger brother [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] had a dream of a golden dragon, the temple was renamed Tenryû Shisei-zenji. Construction was funded chiefly by a combination of donations, and income from a set of trading ships known as the Tenryûji-sen ("Tenryû-ji ships"), which journeyed to [[Yuan Dynasty]] China, and through which the temple became quite wealthy. Construction of the temple's main buildings was completed by [[1343]], and Tenryû-ji came to be considered the first among the so-called [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Kyôto gozan''; Kyoto's top five Zen temples)<ref>[[Nanzen-ji]] is ranked above the Five Mountains, however, and thus above Tenryû-ji.</ref> |
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− | Over the centuries, the temple suffered damage from fire, and was rebuilt, on roughly eight occasions. The most recent extensive reconstruction of the temple was in [[1864]]; most of the buildings extant today thus date to the [[Meiji period]], or are more recent. | + | Over the centuries, the temple suffered damage from fire, and was rebuilt, on roughly eight occasions. The most recent extensive reconstruction of the temple was in [[1864]]; most of the buildings extant today thus date to the [[Meiji period]], or are more recent. The abbot's quarters, or ''hôjô'', houses the temple's oldest sacred sculpture, an image of [[Shakamuni]] dating to the [[Fujiwara period]]. |
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| *Plaques on-site. | | *Plaques on-site. |
| <references/> | | <references/> |
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| + | ==External Links== |
| + | *[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E5%A4%A9%E9%BE%8D%E5%AF%BA&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.016079,135.673792&spn=0.002342,0.005284&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=9.315002,21.643066&t=h&z=18&iwloc=A Tenryû-ji on Google Maps] |
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| [[Category:Temples]] | | [[Category:Temples]] |
| [[Category:Muromachi Period]] | | [[Category:Muromachi Period]] |