Koshoji Temple

Japanese: 興聖寺 - こうしょうじ
Koshoji Temple

A Soto sect temple in Ujiyamada, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture. It is more specifically called Buttokusan Kannon Doriin Kosho Horin Zenji. It was founded in 1233 (Tenpuku 1) when Dogen, the founder of the Soto sect, built a temple on the site of Gokurakuji Temple in Fukakusa, Uji County (Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City) after returning from China, and named it Kosho Horin Temple. For the next 11 years, it flourished as the first main training center of the Soto sect and a place of training for Dogen's disciples, but after Dogen moved to Eiheiji Temple in Echizen (Fukui Prefecture) in 1243 (Kangen 1), it fell into disrepair and was further destroyed by fire during war. The current building was rebuilt at its current location in 1648 (Keian 1) by Nagai Naomasa, lord of Yodo Castle, with Ban'an Eishu as its founder.

[Akira Suganuma]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

京都府宇治市宇治山田にある曹洞(そうとう)宗の寺。詳しくは仏徳山(ぶっとくさん)観音導利院(かんのんどうりいん)興聖宝林禅寺という。曹洞宗の宗祖道元(どうげん)が、中国から帰国後の1233年(天福1)に宇治郡深草(京都市伏見(ふしみ)区)の極楽寺(ごくらくじ)跡に一寺を建て、興聖宝林寺と称したのに始まる。以後11年間、曹洞宗最初の根本道場として道元門下の修行の場となって栄えたが、1243年(寛元1)道元が越前(えちぜん)(福井県)の永平寺に移ってからは荒廃し、さらに兵火により焼失した。現在の建物は、1648年(慶安1)に淀(よど)城主永井尚政が万安英種(ばんあんえいしゅ)を中興開山として現在地に再興したものである。

[菅沼 晃]

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