Bukkoji Temple

The head temple of the Shinshu Bukkoji school, located in Shinkai-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City. It is called Shibuya Sanke-on-in. The principal image is Amida Nyorai. According to temple legend, it was founded by Shinran in 1212 (Kenryaku 2). Shinran's disciple Genkai asked his teacher to open a central training hall to promote the Shinshu sect, and after receiving permission, he planned to build it in Yamashina, Kyoto, and completed it in 1214 (Kenpo 2). In 1218, Emperor Juntoku gave the temple the name Kosho-ji, and Genkai is said to have succeeded Shinran and Shinbutsu as the third abbot. One theory is that it was founded in 1324 (Shochu 1), and that originally there was a hall on the grounds of Nishinotouin Flower Garden, which was protected by Shinbutsu and his followers, but during the reign of Ryougen, the temple was moved to Yamashina, where it was named Koshoji, and then renamed Bukkoji and moved to Shibuya in Rakuto. Ryougen was the 7th head priest of Bukkoji, and was protected by Ashikaga Takauji and Emperor Godaigo, and the temple flourished greatly by spreading teachings in various regions, so he is revered as the founder of the temple's revival. During the reign of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it was moved to its current location. The current buildings were built after the Meiji period and include the main hall (Amida Hall), Daishi Hall, Kanun Pavilion tea ceremony hall, bell tower, and shoin study, as well as treasures such as the principal image, a wooden statue of Amida Nyorai, and a wooden standing statue of Prince Shotoku (a National Important Cultural Property).

[Uryuuzu Takamasa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

京都市下京(しもぎょう)区新開町にある真宗仏光寺派の本山。渋谷山華園院(じっこくざんけおんいん)と号する。本尊阿弥陀如来(あみだにょらい)。寺伝によると、1212年（建暦2）親鸞(しんらん)の開基。親鸞の高弟源海(げんかい)が真宗興隆のため根本道場を開創することを師に請い、その許しを得て京都山科(やましな)の地に建立を企て、1214年（建保2）に完成。1218年順徳(じゅんとく)天皇から興正寺の寺号を受け、源海は親鸞、真仏を継いで第3世を称したという。一説には、1324年（正中1）の創建といい、また、もと西洞院(にしのとういん)華園の地に一宇の堂があって、真仏はじめその門流がこれを守っていたが、了源のとき寺基を山科に移して興正寺と名づけ、さらに仏光寺と改称して洛東(らくとう)渋谷に移したという説がある。了源は仏光寺第7世で、足利尊氏(あしかがたかうじ)や後醍醐(ごだいご)天皇の庇護(ひご)を得、また各地を教化(きょうげ)して寺基は大いに栄えたので、中興の祖と仰がれている。豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉のとき現在地に移った。現在の堂宇は明治以降のもので、本堂（阿弥陀堂）、大師堂、茶席寒雲亭、鐘楼、書院などがあり、本尊木造阿弥陀如来像、木造聖徳太子立像（国重要文化財）など宝物がある。

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