Kyoto Five Mountains

Japanese: 京都五山 - きょうとござん
Kyoto Five Mountains
The name of the five great temples of the Rinzai sect located in Kyoto. In 1334, Emperor Go-Daigo changed the Kamakura Five Mountains to Kyoto and ranked them with Nanzen-ji at the top. After various changes, in 1386, the five temples of Tenryu-ji, Shokoku-ji, Kennin-ji, Tofuku-ji, and Manju-ji were decided, with Nanzen-ji as the chief temple and Daitoku-ji as the second.
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Japanese:
京都所在の臨済宗五大寺の称。1334年後醍醐天皇は鎌倉五山を京都中心に改め，南禅寺を筆頭に格づけを行った。のち種々の変遷を経て，1386年天竜寺・相国寺・建仁寺・東福寺・万寿寺の五寺が決定され，別に南禅寺を首格，大徳寺を次とした。
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