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[[Image:Enma.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Enma, King of Hell.]]
*''Established: [[1017]]''
*''Other Names'': 光明山歓喜院引接寺 ''(koumyouzan kankiin injouji)''
*''Japanese'': 千本閻魔堂 ''(senbon enma-dou)''
Senbon Enma-dô is a [[Buddhist temple]] and prominent pilgrimage site in northern-central [[Kyoto]] dedicated to [[Enma]] (aka Yama), the King of Hell. The site is named Senbon after the thousand [[sakura|cherry trees]], or thousand [[sotoba|memorial tablets]], that once stood here; Senbon-dôri, a major avenue running north-south past the temple, also takes its name from this.
The temple was officially founded in [[1017]] on a site prepared by [[Ono no Takamura]] ([[802]]-[[853]]).
Every May, the Enma-dô is home to the Senbon Enma-dô Dainenbutsu Kyôgen, the only spoken-word drama of the three great Buddhist invocation dramas of Kyoto, and an Intangible Cultural Folk Heritage, as designated by the city.
A small stone tower dedicated to [[Murasaki Shikibu]] and erected in [[1386]] has been designated a national cultural asset. En'a Shônin, who erected it, did so in order to elevate or restore Murasaki's reputation, which he felt had recently fallen.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Temples]]
*''Established: [[1017]]''
*''Other Names'': 光明山歓喜院引接寺 ''(koumyouzan kankiin injouji)''
*''Japanese'': 千本閻魔堂 ''(senbon enma-dou)''
Senbon Enma-dô is a [[Buddhist temple]] and prominent pilgrimage site in northern-central [[Kyoto]] dedicated to [[Enma]] (aka Yama), the King of Hell. The site is named Senbon after the thousand [[sakura|cherry trees]], or thousand [[sotoba|memorial tablets]], that once stood here; Senbon-dôri, a major avenue running north-south past the temple, also takes its name from this.
The temple was officially founded in [[1017]] on a site prepared by [[Ono no Takamura]] ([[802]]-[[853]]).
Every May, the Enma-dô is home to the Senbon Enma-dô Dainenbutsu Kyôgen, the only spoken-word drama of the three great Buddhist invocation dramas of Kyoto, and an Intangible Cultural Folk Heritage, as designated by the city.
A small stone tower dedicated to [[Murasaki Shikibu]] and erected in [[1386]] has been designated a national cultural asset. En'a Shônin, who erected it, did so in order to elevate or restore Murasaki's reputation, which he felt had recently fallen.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Temples]]