Zen temple architecture

Japanese: 禅宗寺院建築 - ぜんしゅうじいんけんちく

Eisai introduced Zen Buddhism from Song and founded the new temples Shofukuji in Hakata (1195, Kenkyu 6), Jufukuji in Kamakura (1199, Shoji 1), and Kenninji in Kyoto (1202, Kennin 2). It is believed that these temples introduced Song styles to their layout and parts of their architecture, but the temples' sects included esoteric Buddhism and other religions, and they avoided making them purely Zen temples. After Tofukuji in Kyoto was built by Ben'en in 1236-1273 (Kasei 2-Bun'ei 10), and Kenchoji in Kamakura by the Song monk Rankei Doryu in 1248-1250 (Hoji 2-Kencho 2), it became official for Zen temples to imitate the Song style (Song Dynasty Art).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

栄西は禅宗を宋から伝え，新しく博多聖福寺(1195∥建久6)，鎌倉寿福寺(1199∥正治1)，京都建仁寺(1202∥建仁2)を創立した。これらは伽藍配置や建築の一部に宋様式を伝えたとみられるが，寺の教派は密教などを兼ね，純粋な禅宗寺院とすることを避けていた。その後，京都東福寺が弁円により1236‐73年(嘉禎2‐文永10)に，鎌倉建長寺が宋僧蘭渓道隆により1248‐50年(宝治2‐建長2)に建立されると，禅宗寺院は宋様式を模すことが正式になった(宋代美術)。

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