Rinsenji Temple

This temple is of the Tenryu-ji school of the Rinzai sect and is located in Saga Tenryu-ji Tsukurimichi-cho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City. The mountain name is Mount Reiki. The principal image is Miroku Bosatsu. In 1330 (Gentoku 2), Emperor Godaigo converted Emperor Kameyama's villa, Kawabata Palace, into a Zen temple for the memorial service of his son, Prince Sera, and invited Muso Soseki to be its founder. It was later listed as one of the Five Mountains and Ten Temples. It is known that during the Ryakuo to Oei eras (1338-1428) the temple printed books based on the Gozan edition, which are known as the "Rinsenji edition." The temple was damaged during the Onin War, and the current building was renovated during the Keicho era (1596-1615).

[Toshiaki Hirai]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

京都市右京区嵯峨(さが)天竜寺造路(つくりみち)町にある臨済(りんざい)宗天竜寺派の寺。山号は霊亀山(れいきさん)。本尊は弥勒菩薩(みろくぼさつ)。1330年（元徳2）後醍醐(ごだいご)天皇は皇子世良(せら)親王の追善のため、亀山(かめやま)天皇の離宮であった川端(かわばた)殿を改め禅院とし、夢窓疎石(むそうそせき)を請(しょう)じて開山としたのに始まる。のち五山・十刹(じっせつ)に列せられた。暦応(りゃくおう)～応永(おうえい)年間（1338～1428）五山版に準じて寺内で書籍を印行したことで知られ、これは世に「臨川寺版」と称されている。応仁(おうにん)の乱で罹災(りさい)し、現堂舎は慶長(けいちょう)年間（1596～1615）に修造されたものである。

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