Zenjoji Temple

Japanese: 禅定寺 - ぜんじょうじ

This temple is of the Soto sect of Buddhism, Daijoji school, located in Ujitawara-cho, Kyoto Prefecture. It was founded in 991 by Taira Heisu of Todai-ji Temple with the support of the Sekkan family, and later received 1,000 chobu of land from Somayama, and operated with an eleven-headed Kannon statue as its principal image. It went into decline after the Muromachi period, and in 1680 Gesshu Soko entered the temple and converted it to the current sect. Its ancient documents (12 volumes, 4 books) from the time of its founding, including historical materials on the border dispute between Somayama and the neighboring Sotsuka Manor, and nine Buddhist statues including the principal image, are designated Important Cultural Properties.

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Japanese:

京都府宇治田原(うじたわら)町にある曹洞宗大乗寺派の寺。991年東大寺の平崇(へいすう)が摂関(せっかん)家の援助で創建，のち杣(そま)山1000町歩を施入され，十一面観音像を本尊として運営。室町期以降衰微，1680年月舟宗胡(げっしゅうそうこ)が入寺し現宗に改宗。杣山と隣接する曾束(そつか)荘との境相論史料を含む創建以来の古文書（12巻４冊），本尊をはじめとした仏像９体は重要文化財。

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