Hiden-in

Japanese: 悲田院 - ひでんいん

〘Noun〙① A facility built to house orphans and the poor, based on the Buddhist idea of compassion. It is said that Prince Shotoku first established it at Shitennoji Temple in Naniwa along with a facility for providing religious services, medicine, and a medical hospital, but there is no definite proof, and it is believed to have first been established within Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara in 723. In Heian-kyo, it was placed in both the left and right capitals as branch offices of the medicine institute, and was managed by the left and right capital officials. One of them was on the west bank of the Kamo River (said to be south of Oike-dori). In the Middle Ages, it was located at Daio-ji Temple (Ogimachi, Teranouchi-agaru, Horikawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku), and in 1645 it was moved to Sennyu-ji Temple (Sennyu-ji Yamauchi -cho , Higashiyama-ku). Hiden-ji Temple. Hiden-sho. ※Engishiki (927) 42 "For sick people and orphans in the middle of Kyoto, ₂₉ rules _are in _place , and they are required _to go _to _{places of} interest _and to the medicine temple and the Hidenji temple in the east and west." _② = Hidenji (Hidenji Temple) ②

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 仏典の慈悲の思想にもとづいて、孤児や貧窮者などを収容するために造られた施設。聖徳太子が難波(なにわ)の四天王寺に敬田、施薬、療病院とともに設けたのが最初と伝えるが、確証がなく、養老七年（七二三）、奈良の興福寺内に設けられたのが初めとされる。平安京では施薬院の別所として左右両京に置かれ、左右京職が管理した。その一つは鴨川西畔（御池通の南かという）にあった。中世には大応寺（上京区堀川通寺ノ内上ル扇町）の地にあり、正保二年（一六四五）泉涌寺(せんにゅうじ)（東山区泉涌寺山内町）に移転した。悲田寺。悲田所。※延喜式（927）四二「凡京中路辺病者、孤子、仰_二九箇条令_一、其所_レ見所_レ遇随_レ便、必令_レ取_二送施薬院及東西悲田院_一」② ＝ひでんじ（悲田寺）②

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