Kanjuji Temple

...The head temple of the Yamashina school of Shingon Buddhism in Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City. The mountain name is Kikkozan. It is also called Kajuji or Kanjuji. The temple was built for Emperor Daigo's mother, Fujiwara no Inshi, on the site of the residence of her grandfather, Miyaji Yamasu, the district governor of Uji County, with Shoshun as its founder. This is the founding of the temple, and the most likely date is 900 (3rd year of Shotai). From the time of the 7th head, Kanshin, who mastered the depths of esoteric Buddhism, the temple became the headquarters of the Kanshuji school of the Shingon Ono school, and in the Kamakura period it became a palace temple where successive generations of princes entered the temple, and it flourished greatly under the protection of the imperial family and the Fujiwara clan during the Heian and Kamakura periods. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kanshu-ji Temple" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…京都市山科区，真言宗山階派の大本山。山号は亀甲山。〈かじゅうじ〉〈かんじゅじ〉とも。醍醐天皇の生母藤原胤子のため，承俊律師を開山に，生母の祖父の宇治郡郡司宮道（みやじ）弥益の邸址に寺が建てられた。これが当寺の開創で，その年代は900年(昌泰3)説が有力。密教の蘊奥（うんのう）をきわめた7代寛信のときから，当寺は真言小野流のうち勧修寺流の本拠となり，また鎌倉時代には代々法親王が入寺する宮門跡寺院となるなど，平安･鎌倉期に皇室や藤原氏の保護を得て大いに栄えた。…

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