Enshoji Temple

Japanese: 円照寺 - えんしょうじ

A nunnery of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect in Nara City. Its mountain name is Fumonzan. Its other name is Yamamura Palace. The principal image is Nyoirin Kannon. Umemiya, the daughter of Emperor Gomizunoo, was married to Takatsukasa Norihira at the age of 13, but was divorced three years later and returned to her father, the emperor. The unfortunate Umemiya became a nun, devoted to the famous Rinzai monk Itshimonju. She was given the Buddhist title Bunchi and the title Daitsu, and founded a hermitage called Enshoji next to Shugakuin Imperial Villa. Later, Bunchi moved the hermitage to Yashimamura in Yamato in 1656 (Meireki 2), and then to Yamamura in 1669 (Kanbun 9).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良市にある臨済宗妙心寺派の尼寺。山号は普門山。別称は山村御殿。本尊如意輪観音。後水尾天皇の皇女梅宮は13歳で鷹司教平に嫁し，3年後に離別されて父帝のもとにかえった。薄幸の梅宮は，臨済の名僧一糸文守（いつしもんじゆ）に深く帰依し，尼僧となった。文智（ぶんち）なる法号と大通（だいつう）の号をうけ，修学院離宮のかたわらに円照寺という庵を結んだ。その後，文智は1656年(明暦2)に庵を大和の八島村に移し，さらに69年(寛文9)山村（やまむら）に移した。

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