which had sponsored it. Kenchō-ji's own renaissance came in the 19th century under the guidance of Zen master Aozora Kandō. Kenchō-ji originally consisted...

and a new one commenced in Hōji 3. 1253 (Kenchō 5): Kenchō-ji founded. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kenchō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 508; n.b., Louis-Frédéric...

temples and shrines, for example Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji, and Zeniarai Benten Shrine. The Hōjō family crest in...

Hōkoku-ji (報国寺) is an old temple in the Kenchō-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism located in Kamakura, Japan. Famous for its bamboo garden, it...

Once in Japan, he lived at Kenchō-ji temple in Kamakura with Tokimune’s support. In 1282, when Hōjō Tokimune built Engaku-ji temple in Kamakura, he invited...

Mountains were, from the first-ranked to the last, Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji and Jōmyō-ji. Kyoto's Five Mountains, created later by the Ashikaga...

States. He was a rōshi of the Rinzai school and was abbot of both Kenchō-ji and Engaku-ji temples in Kamakura, Japan. Soyen was a disciple of Imakita Kosen...

Nanzen-ji (南禅寺, Nanzen-ji), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺, Zenrin-ji), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established...

Tokyo Disney Resort Kamakura – Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Kōtoku-in, Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Meigetsu-in, Hase-dera Kusatsu Onsen Hakone Onsen Mount Fuji Japanese...

Enshō-ji (延勝寺, Enshō-ji) was a former Buddhist monastery in northeastern Kyoto, Japan, endowed by Emperor Konoe in fulfillment of a sacred vow. It is...

Seiunji ( Seiunji, Seiunji) is a temple in Yamato-cho, Kisai, Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. It is a Kenchoji sect temple of the Rinzai school, with...

He founded Kenchō-ji in 1253. Lanxi Daolongs calligraphy was famous in Japan, especially Rule of Zen (法语规则). Daolong died in Kenchō-ji and was given...

period. It transferred its allegiance to Kenchō-ji in Kamakura during the Muromachi period, and to Myōshin-ji in the early Edo period. Most of the temple...

Hachiman-gū and Kenchō-ji, organize many events too, bringing the total to over a hundred. 1, 2 and 3 - Kamakura Ebisu (鎌倉えびす) at Hongaku-ji: Celebration...

mid-Kamakura period and returned in 1246 together with Rankei Doryū, founder of Kenchō-ji. Unlike later sculptures, both show a high degree of realism. They are...

himself in the Benzaiten shrine in Enoshima. This bell and the one at Kenchō-ji are the only ones designated National Treasure in that category of crafts...

statues of Minamoto no Yoritomo in Higashihirozo and Hōjō Tokiyori in Kenchō-ji, from the facial expression to size, they are almost identical, and there...

Kennin-ji (1202) Tōfuku-ji (1236, founded by Enni Ben'en, 1202–1280) Kenchō-ji (1253) Engaku-ji (1282) Nanzen-ji (1291, founded by Musō Soseki) Kokutai-ji (1300)...

(north-west of today's Kamakura station) to Chōju-ji in Yamanouchi (Kita-Kamakura), near Kenchō-ji. Its name comes from the fact it's so steep a turtle...

camps still give evidence of integration of the two religions. The great Kenchō-ji temple, number one of the Kamakura's great Zen temples (the Five Mountain...

Fugenzan Meigetsu-in (福源山明月院) is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji school in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. It is also known as The Temple of Hydrangeas...

It has been stated that the dish originated several centuries ago from Kenchō-ji, a temple, and it has also been suggested that the dish has its roots...

Enshō-ji may refer to: Enshō-ji (Antei) (円勝寺), a Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan founded by Imperial consort Taikenmon'in in 1128. Enshō-ji (Kenchō)...

Zen Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect, Kenchō-ji school, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Jōmyō-ji is Number Five of the five temples known...

gave Buddhism its initial impulse in Japan along with its first temple (Hōkō-ji, also known as Asukadera). The Nakatomi and Mononobe, however, continued to...

great Kenchō-ji Zen temple and was bought in 1916. Tenju-in was Hara's Jibutsu-dō (持仏堂), the temple which enshrined his tutelary gods. Tenzui-ji's former...

that time, encouraged by regent Hōjō Tokiyori. Rankei Doryū founded the Kenchō-ji temple in Kamakura and many of his works have been preserved. However...

Kiiti-ji (帰一寺, Kiiti Temple) is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji branch, located in Matsuzaki-chō (松崎町, Matsuzaki, Shizuoka), Kamo District, Shizuoka...

City, the Ohka Monument in Kanoya City, the Kamakura Ohka Monument at Kenchō-ji Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, and the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The...

the temple. In 1246, he took his disciples to Japan, and founded the Kenchō-ji sect in Japan. In 1435, in the 10th year of Xuande period (1399–1435)...