Kinrin-no-ji Temple

Japanese: 金輪王寺 - きんりんのうじ

... Yoshino was once again thrust into the historical limelight during the Genkō Rebellion (1333), when Prince Morinaga relied on the devout followers of Kinpusen-ji Temple to raise an army, and the area later became the base of the Southern Court (Yoshino Court) as Emperor Go-Daigo's temporary palace (angu) was established there. The emperor made the Kinpusen-ji subtemple Jisjō-ji Temple his temporary palace, which he renamed Kinrin-no-ji Temple, but he died there and the Tōo-ryō was built there. After Takano-Shinao's arson attack, the temporary palace was moved around the country. ...

From Mount Yoshino

...Yoshino's cherry blossoms are also a popular theme in poetry, and poems about them begin in the Kokinshu, but until the mid-Heian period, they were more often associated with mountain worship and were written about as snowy mountains. Many people, including Saigyo, are known to have admired Yoshino's cherry blossoms, and Emperor Go-Daigo, who made Kinrin-no-ji Temple near Zao-do his temporary palace, wrote, "Even here the cherry blossoms of Kumoi bloom, I think it's just a temporary lodging" (Shinyoshu, Volume 2). It is designated as a national historic site and a place of scenic beauty, and forms the northern end of Yoshino-Kumano National Park. A cable car runs from Yoshino Station on the Kintetsu Yoshino Line to Yoshinoyama Station. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kinrin-no-ji Temple" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…　吉野の地があらためて歴史の脚光をあびるのは，元弘の乱(1333)にさいし，護良親王が金峯山寺の大衆をたよって挙兵し，ついで後醍醐天皇の行宮（あんぐう）がおかれ南朝(吉野朝)の拠地となったことによってである。天皇は金峯山寺塔頭実城寺を行宮として金輪王（きんりんのう）寺と改めたが，ここで死に，塔尾陵が営まれた。高師直の焼討ちの後，行宮は各地を移動した。…

【吉野山】より

…歌枕でもあり，吉野の桜を詠む歌は《古今集》に始まるが，平安中期まではむしろ山岳信仰と結びついて雪の山として詠まれることが多かった。吉野の桜を賞した人々は西行をはじめ多数知られ，蔵王堂近くにあった金輪王（きんりんのう）寺を行宮（あんぐう）とした後醍醐天皇は〈ここにても雲居の桜咲きにけりただかりそめの宿と思ふに〉(《新葉集》巻二)と詠じている。国の史跡，名勝に指定されており，吉野熊野国立公園の北端をなし，近鉄吉野線吉野駅から吉野山駅までケーブルが通じる。…

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