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[[Image:Unrin.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The gates to Unrin-in.]]
*''Established: [[869]], [[Sojo Henjo|Sôjô Henjô]]''
*''Japanese'': 雲林院 ''(unrin-in)''
Unrin-in is a [[Buddhist temple]] in the Murasakino area of northern [[Kyoto]], on the former site of an imperial villa known as the Murasakino-in.
In the mid-[[Heian period]] (c. 9th-10th centuries), this area was far less settled; it was essentially wilderness, and there were often Imperial hunting expeditions and the like conducted here. (The placename Murasakino (紫野, lit. "purple fields") perhaps helping to imply this wild condition.) [[Emperor Junna]] (r. [[823]]-[[833]]) built a villa on the site called Murasakino-in, which became a famous spot for [[hanami|cherry blossom viewing]], or [[momijigari|appreciating the autumn leaves]], and for [[literati]]-style gatherings which included banquets, dancing, and poetry exchange.
Prince Tsuneyasu, a son of [[Emperor Ninmyo|Emperor Ninmyô]], later inherited the villa, and in [[869]] had it converted into a temple by the monk [[Sojo Henjo|Sôjô Henjô]]. Unrin-in remained famous for a time, and the placename appears in such works as the ''[[Genji monogatari]]'', ''[[Ise monogatari]]'', and ''[[Kokinshu|Kokinshû]]''.
In the [[Kamakura period]], the temple was absorbed by [[Daitoku-ji]].
The current main structure, a Kannon-dô last rebuilt in [[1707]], holds a statue of the 11-faced [[Kannon]], and one of [[Daito Kokushi|Daitô Kokushi]], founder of Daitoku-ji. The temple's main hall (''hondô'') was moved to the Daitoku-ji [[tatchu|sub-temple]] [[Kohoan|Kohôan]] when the latter was founded in the early 17th century.
==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Established: [[869]], [[Sojo Henjo|Sôjô Henjô]]''
*''Japanese'': 雲林院 ''(unrin-in)''
Unrin-in is a [[Buddhist temple]] in the Murasakino area of northern [[Kyoto]], on the former site of an imperial villa known as the Murasakino-in.
In the mid-[[Heian period]] (c. 9th-10th centuries), this area was far less settled; it was essentially wilderness, and there were often Imperial hunting expeditions and the like conducted here. (The placename Murasakino (紫野, lit. "purple fields") perhaps helping to imply this wild condition.) [[Emperor Junna]] (r. [[823]]-[[833]]) built a villa on the site called Murasakino-in, which became a famous spot for [[hanami|cherry blossom viewing]], or [[momijigari|appreciating the autumn leaves]], and for [[literati]]-style gatherings which included banquets, dancing, and poetry exchange.
Prince Tsuneyasu, a son of [[Emperor Ninmyo|Emperor Ninmyô]], later inherited the villa, and in [[869]] had it converted into a temple by the monk [[Sojo Henjo|Sôjô Henjô]]. Unrin-in remained famous for a time, and the placename appears in such works as the ''[[Genji monogatari]]'', ''[[Ise monogatari]]'', and ''[[Kokinshu|Kokinshû]]''.
In the [[Kamakura period]], the temple was absorbed by [[Daitoku-ji]].
The current main structure, a Kannon-dô last rebuilt in [[1707]], holds a statue of the 11-faced [[Kannon]], and one of [[Daito Kokushi|Daitô Kokushi]], founder of Daitoku-ji. The temple's main hall (''hondô'') was moved to the Daitoku-ji [[tatchu|sub-temple]] [[Kohoan|Kohôan]] when the latter was founded in the early 17th century.
==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]