Enku Risshin

...The 21st abbot, Zōshun, studied the Hosso sect, but it is said that he became a follower of the teachings of Honen, the founder of the Jodo sect. Enku Risshin of Fukakusa Shinshu-in, who was a disciple of Honen and a disciple of Soshōku of the Seizan sect, took over the temple and made it the main temple of the Seizan Fukakusa sect. After his disciple Ken'i Dokyō lived at Seigan-ji, it became a major training center for the propagation of Nembutsu. Until the 62nd abbot, Kōkū Kanzū, many abbots also took over the Shinshu sect. It was burned down during the Onin War and rebuilt in 1477 (Bunmei 9), but burned down again in 1509 (Eishō 6), 1536 (Tenbun 5), and 1573 (Tensho 1). In 1591, it was moved to its current location at the request of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine Matsumarudono (Kyōgoku Tatsushi), and the main hall, three-story pagoda, and other buildings were rebuilt, and several sub-temples were eventually built. ...

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…21代の住持蔵俊は法相宗を学んだが，浄土宗の祖法然の学解に触れて同調者となったと伝える。法然の弟子で西山派の祖証空の門下に入った深草真宗院の円空立信が当寺を兼帯してより西山深草派の本寺となり，その弟子顕意道教が誓願寺に住んでから念仏弘通の一大道場になったとされ，62代の光空看瑞まで，真宗院と兼帯する住持が多かった。応仁の乱の兵火にかかり，1477年(文明9)再興されたが，1509年(永正6)，36年(天文5)，73年(天正1)とたびたび炎上し，91年豊臣秀吉の側室松丸殿(京極竜子)の発願によって現在地に移り，本堂，三重塔をはじめ堂舎が再興され，やがて数坊の子院も建てられた。…

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