Sagain - Sagain

Japanese: 嵯峨院 - さがいん

Emperor Saga's villa in Saga, west of Kyoto. It was also called Saga Sansou or Saga Bekkan. It is the predecessor of Daikakuji Temple. Emperor Saga worked to promote Tang-style culture, but he himself preferred elegance and spent his later years at Sagain. The name Sagain appears in documents from his reign, and it was established as a villa while he was emperor, and he invited literary figures to hold poetry readings. After abdicating in 823 (Kōnin 14), a new palace was built within Sagain in 834 (Jowa 1), and he moved here from Reizeiin, which had been his former residence, and died here eight years later in 842.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

京都の西，嵯峨に設けられた嵯峨上皇の別荘。嵯峨山荘，嵯峨別館などとも呼ばれた。大覚寺の前身。嵯峨天皇は唐風文化の興隆につとめたが，みずからは風流を好み，晩年を嵯峨院で送った。嵯峨院の名は在位中の文献に見え，帝位にあるときに離宮として設営され，文人たちを召して詩賦を催したりしている。823年(弘仁14)に譲位した後，834年(承和1)嵯峨院内に新造御所を造営し，それまで後院（ごいん）としていた冷泉院からここに移り，8年後の842年にここで没した。

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