Chinkoji Temple

Japanese: 珍皇寺 - ちんこうじ

This temple is of the Kennin-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. Its mountain name is Daitsubakiyama. There are many different theories about its founding, including that it was founded by Sozu Keishun, or by Ono no Takamura, or that it is the successor to Hoko-ji Temple. However, since the temple site is at the foot of Mount Toribe, which is famous as a funeral site, the temple has been believed since the Middle Ages to be the entrance to the underworld and this world, and it flourished as a place to welcome the spirits of the deceased, and was affectionately known as Rokudo-san and Rokudo-chinno-ji Temple. Even today, from August 8th to 10th before the Obon festival, the temple is crowded with people who come to welcome the spirits of the deceased from the other world.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

京都市東山区にある臨済宗建仁寺派の寺。山号は大椿山。創建については慶俊（きようしゆん）僧都の開基，また小野篁（たかむら）の開創，宝皇寺の後身といわれて異説に富む。だが，寺地が葬送所として有名な鳥辺（とりべ）山のふもとにあることから，中世以来，当寺は冥府とこの世の出入口に当たると信じられ，亡者の精霊迎えの信仰で栄え，〈六道（ろくどう）さん〉〈六道珍皇寺〉の名で親しまれた。今日も，お盆の前の8月8日から10日まで，あの世から亡者の精霊を迎えるための群参人でにぎわう。

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