Otani Honganji Temple

Japanese: 大谷本願寺 - おおたにほんがんじ
Otani Honganji Temple

…While the Honganji sect's Tsumura Betsuin is called Kita-no-midou (northern mido), this temple is also called Minami-no-midou (southern mido). In 1594 (Bunroku 3), Honganji Kyonyo retired and handed over his position as chief priest to his younger brother Junnyo. The following year, he established a temple on the former site of Ishiyama Honganji in Watanabe, Nishinari County, Settsu Province, and named it Otani Honganji or Osaka Honganji. In 1598 (Keicho 3), it moved to its current location, and in 1603, the building was completed, which was called Naniwa-midou (southern mido). …

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Japanese:

…本願寺派の津村別院を北御堂(きたのみどう)と称するのに対して,南御堂(みなみのみどう)ともいう。1594年(文禄3)本願寺教如は本願寺住持職を弟准如に譲って隠退,翌95年に摂津国西成郡渡辺の石山本願寺の旧地に寺を営み,大谷本願寺または大坂本願寺と号したのが起源である。1598年(慶長3)現在地に移り,1603年堂舎を完成,これを難波御堂と称した。…

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