Rengeji Temple

Japanese: 蓮華寺 - れんげじ

This is a Jodo sect temple located in Banba, Maibara-cho, Sakata-gun, Shiga Prefecture (formerly Banba-juku on the Nakasendo road). It is said to have begun in 1284 (7th year of the Koan era) when Ikko Shunsho (Ikko Shunshou), the local lord Doi Saburo Motoyori (Douji), rebuilt an old temple that was originally located at the foot of Mt. Maidenhead and named it Hachiyo-san Renge-ji. Ikko Shunsho was a disciple of Ryochu of the Chinzei school of the Jodo sect of Buddhism, and was a wandering saint from a different lineage to Ippen, the founder of the Ji sect of Buddhism. However, since they lived in roughly the same era and their deeds were similar, the two were often confused, and in the early modern period it was considered one of the 12 schools of the Ji sect of Buddhism, and was the head temple of the Ikko school.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

滋賀県坂田郡米原町番場(もと中山道の番場宿)にある浄土宗の寺。1284年(弘安7)に一向俊聖（いつこうしゆんしよう）がこの地の地頭土肥三郎元頼(道日)と，もと米山山麓にあった古刹を再興して八葉山蓮華寺と号したのに始まるという。一向俊聖は浄土宗鎮西派の良忠の弟子で，時宗の宗祖一遍とは別系の遊行聖であったが，ほぼ同時代に生きその行跡が類似していたために混同され，近世には時宗12派の一つとされ，その一向派の本山とされた。

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