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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)''
==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.
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>
