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...of [[Keiai-ji]], the chief of the [[Five Nunneries]] (''ama-gozan'') of [[Kyoto]]. Following her death in [[1764]], Rishû was buried at [[Shinnyo-ji]] in Kyoto.

...sprang up in the [[Muromachi period]] outside of the [[Five Mountains]] (''Gozan'') network of officially recognized & patronized Zen temples. Primarily pop ...tô Zen]] are today is owed not to the big-name Five Mountains temples in [[Kyoto]] and [[Kamakura]] but to regional ''Rinka'' temples.

Kaiin was a [[Zen]] monk from [[Kyoto|Kyoto's]] [[Nanzen-ji]] who played a prominent role in the expansion of [[Buddhis Kaiin was a high-ranking monk at Nanzen-ji, one of Kyoto's ''Gozan'' (Five Mountains) head Zen temples, when he was invited to Ryûkyû by Kin

...]], before, in [[1380]], being appointed head abbot of [[Kennin-ji]] (in [[Kyoto]]) by [[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]]. While in that position, he also b ...Gidô nevertheless has come to be regarded as one of the chief figures in ''gozan'' (that is, Zen temple) literature.

...ing of Korea to the "King of Japan," forged by [[Tsushima han]], [[1607]]. Kyoto University Museum. Replica on display at the Tsushima Museum. [[Important C ...to Tsugaru. A system was then established in which monks from the Kyoto [[Gozan]] ("Five Mountains") [[Zen]] temples would be accredited by the shogunate a

...e [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Kyoto Gozan''; the five great Zen temples of Kyoto). ...(lit. "Imperial messenger gate"). Originally the ''hi-no-gomon'' of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]], it was granted to the temple by [[Empress Meisho|Empress

.... Heavenly Dragon Temple), located in the [[Arashiyama]] neighborhood of [[Kyoto]], is the head temple of the Tenryû-ji branch of [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] Buddhi ...NESCO.<ref>As part of the group Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, [[Uji]] and [[Otsu]] Cities)."</ref>. The temple also houses a number of [

...he shogunate and regularly dispatched from the [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Gozan'') temples to serve in Tsushima for one-year stints.<ref>Gallery labels, "H

...ef>"[http://www.kamakura-burabura.com/haiku1kodakamakuragozan.htm Kamakura Gozan meguri]," Kamakura-burabura.com.</ref> ...|Sensô-ji]] in Asakusa serve a similar spiritual purpose for the cities of Kyoto and [[Edo]]/[[Tokyo]] respectively.

Shôkoku-ji is one of the five leading [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temples in [[Kyoto]], and has 13 sub-temples (''[[tatchu|tatchû]]'') on the grounds. Establis ...ppears in at least one famous ''[[emaki]]'' (scroll painting), the ''Daitô gozan shodô-zu'' (大唐五山諸堂図, Images of Various Halls of the Great Fi

...ra]]s. The following year, the Japanese monk [[Kaiin]] came to Ryûkyû from Kyoto's [[Nanzen-ji]], and established a number of temples, including [[Tenryu-ji ...ma province|Satsuma]] and [[Suo province|Suô provinces]] and the ''[[Kyoto Gozan]]'' temples),<ref name=smits193/> came to occupy a particularly prominent r

...ountering difficulty in having these new, heterodox, Zen ideas accepted in Kyoto, Eisai accommodated some elements from [[Tendai]] and [[Shingon]] teachings ...dministered within a hierarchy under the five lead temples of Kamakura and Kyoto. Meanwhile, small Zen temples located in more remote regions, and in commer