Kennin-ji (Japanese: 建仁寺) is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered...

(Kennin 2): On orders from Shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie, the monk Eisai founded Kennin-ji, a Zen temple and monastery in the Rinzai sect. 1203 (Kennin 3...

Kyoto", along with Shōkoku-ji (相国寺, Shōkoku-ji), Kennin-ji (建仁寺, Kennin-ji), Tōfuku-ji (東福寺, Tōfuku-ji), and Manju-ji (満寿寺, Manju-ji). The head temple presiding...

temple of Kennin-ji affiliated the pagoda with Zen Buddhism, which remains the official designation of the Yasaka Pagoda to the present day. Kennin-ji Kiyomizu-dera...

Kennin is a Japanese era name. Kennin or 建仁 may also refer to: Kennin-ji, Japanese historic Zen Buddhist temple Chien-jen, Chinese given name of Chen Chien-jen...

Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan—the largest subtemple of the Kennin-ji branch. It was established in 1606 by the nun Kōdai-in (often known by...

He was also the founding abbot of Japan's first Zen temple Shōfuku-ji and Kennin-ji. He is often known simply as Eisai/Yōsai Zenji (栄西禅師), literally "Zen...

larger than those of modern matcha. The tea ceremonies at Kennin-ji Temple in Kyoto and Engaku-ji Temple in Kamakura are examples of the traditions of the...

head temple, are: 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...

the Kamakura regime, were Tenryū-ji, Shōkoku-ji, Kennin-ji, Tōfuku-ji and Manju-ji. Above them all was the huge Nanzen-ji temple. Below the top tier there...

trouble at Kennin-ji: This assertion of the primacy of Zen aroused the anger of the Enryaku-ji monks, who succeeded in driving Dōgen from the Kennin-ji where...

Chinese poetry, art and literature. When Ikkyū turned thirteen he entered Kennin-ji in Kyoto to study Zen under a well known priest by the name of Botetsu...

paper. Located in Kennin-ji, Kyoto, Japan Plum and pine, around 1599. Four sliding doors, ink on paper. Located in Zenkyō-an (Kennin-ji), Kyoto, Japan (See...

by the famous Ichiriki Tei, and running south to the major temple of Kennin-ji. The stretch of the Shirakawa River before it enters the Kamo river is...

Rinzai school, but after its founder Eisai opened Kennin-ji in Kyoto, it became part of the Kennin-ji sect. In the Edo period, by order of Kuroda Nagamasa...

death of contemporary Zen Buddhist Myōan Eisai, Dōgen went to study at Kennin-ji Temple (建仁寺), under Eisai's successor, Myōzen (明全). In 1223, Dōgen and...

thunder of the dragon. The main hall of Kennin-ji in Kyoto also has a large dragon on its ceiling. Shōkoku-ji is considered to be one of the so-called...

Edo Period. It fostered bonds with Zen Buddhist sects from Kennin-ji, Shokoku-ji and Myoshin-ji. The current, and sixteenth owner of Honke Owariya is Ariko...

154.5 cm (66.9 in × 60.8 in). They belong to the Zen Buddhist temple Kennin-ji in Kyoto, but they are exhibited occasionally in the Kyoto National Museum...

buildings. Other temples and shrines in the ward include Tōfuku-ji, Kennin-ji, Kōdai-ji, and Sanjūsangen-dō. The Kyoto National Museum is also located...

Zen temples of Kyoto", consisting of Nanzen-ji, Tenryū-ji, Shokoku-ji, Kennin-ji, Tofuku-ji and Manju-ji. The economic benefit of the Sinocentric tribute...

formal name Kannondori Kōshōhōrin-ji (Japanese: 觀音導利興聖法林寺), was the first independent zen temple in Japan. While Kennin-ji was established in 1202 and is...

begins. 1202 - Zen Buddhist Kennin-ji (temple) founded in Higashiyama by Eisai. 1319 - Daitoku-ji Temple built. 1397 - Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion)...

recently performed memorial services for Eisai, one of Dōgen's teachers, at Kennin-ji. Meihō became the abbot of Yōkōji in the eighth month 1325, just one week...

returned to Kyoto. It was during this visit in 1228 that Ejō met Dōgen at Kennin-ji, where he had been studying under Eisai after his return from China. Ejō...

the folding screens Wind and Thunder Gods (風神雷神図, Fūjin Raijin-zu) at Kennin-ji temple in Kyoto and "Matsushima" (松島) at the Freer Gallery. The Rinpa...

Keidai-ji). Byōdō-in (平等院, Byōdō-in). Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂, Sanjūsangen-dō). Kennin-ji (建仁寺, Kennin-ji). Tōfuku-ji (東福寺, Tōfuku-ji). Nanzen-ji (南禅寺, Nanzen-ji)...

National Treasure in 1951. Jo-an was originally built around 1618 in Kennin-ji, Kyoto, for Oda Urakusai, the younger brother of daimyō Oda Nobunaga and...

priest Eisai died at age 75; his remains were interred at the temple of Kennin-ji which he had founded in Kyoto. 1215 (Kempo 3, 8th-9th months): There were...

(dates unknown) at Kennin-ji, and spent a period as a student at the Ashikaga Gakkō before becoming a student of Kōin Sōken at Daitoku-ji. After Sōken's death...