Muryokoji Temple

Japanese: 無量光寺 - ムリョウコウジ

A Jishu temple in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is called Taima-san Konko-in. The principal image is a statue of the monk Ippen. It is said to have been founded in 1304 (Kagen 2) by the second head priest of Yugyo, Taa Shinkyo, but it is also said that in 1303 Shinkyo renamed Konko-in to Muryoko-ji and lived there alone. The temple is located at a key transportation point connecting Sagami with Kai and Musashi, and it is said that Ippen, the founder of the Jishu sect, also traveled around this area. When Shinkyo's disciple Donkai built Seijoko-ji (Yugyo-ji) in Fujisawa in a dispute over who would succeed Yugyo, the two temples had a long-running feud. During the Edo period, the temple had a landholding of 30 koku. Many people came to the temple from Jodo sect temples, and many of the chief priests have been given the titles Amida, Rensha, and Homare of the Jodo sect's Chinzei school.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

神奈川県相模原市にある時宗の寺。当麻山金光院と号する。本尊一遍上人像。1304年(嘉元2)遊行上人第2世他阿真教の創建と伝えるが，03年真教が金光院を無量光寺と改め独住したともいう。当寺は相模と甲斐･武蔵を結ぶ交通の要衝に位置し，時宗の開祖一遍もこの地を巡錫したと伝える。真教の法弟呑海が，遊行上人の後継者争いから藤沢に清浄光寺(遊行寺)を建てると，両寺で長い間確執が続いた。江戸時代の寺領30石。浄土宗寺院より入山することも多く，歴代住職には阿弥号のほか浄土宗鎮西派の蓮社号，誉号を併称する者が多い。

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