Ujiin Temple

...The principal image is Amida Nyorai. Fujiwara no Yorimichi inherited Uji-in, a villa from his father Michinaga, and converted it into a temple in 1052 (Eisho 7), the first year of the Latter Days of the Law. The following year, he built the Amida Hall (Phoenix Hall) as the central temple, and enshrined a seated Amida statue of 180 cm tall made by Jocho. From then until the end of the Heian period, the temple was revered by the clan as a regent's temple, and the construction of various halls and pagodas by Michizane, Tadazane, and others continued, bringing it to its heyday.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Uji-in" is listed below.

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…本尊阿弥陀如来。藤原頼通が父道長から伝領した別荘の宇治院を，末法（まつぽう）初年にあたる1052年(永承7)寺に改め，翌年に中心伽藍となる阿弥陀堂(鳳凰堂)を建て，定朝作の丈六の阿弥陀座像を安置したことにはじまる。以来平安末まで，摂関家氏寺として一門の崇敬を受け，師実，忠実らによる諸堂塔の建立も続いて，全盛期を築いた。…

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