Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple in the Shimogyō ward of Kyoto, Japan. It serves as the head temple of the sub-sect Honganji-ha...

into the Nishi and Higashi branches). 'Hongan-ji' may also refer to any one of several actual temple buildings associated with the sect. Nishi Honganji...

Kannon Station. It is also known a Nishi Betsuin (西別院; "Western branch temple"), being associated with Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺) in Kyoto. It is contrasted...

Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺), or, "the Eastern Monastery of the Original Vow", is one of two dominant sub-sects of Shin Buddhism in Japan and abroad, the...

characteristics of Ninomaru Palace at Nijō Castle as well as the shoin at Nishi Hongan-ji. The simpler style used in the architecture of tea houses for the tea...

1592), also known as Hongan-ji Kennyo (本願寺 顕如), was the 11th head of the Hongan-ji in Kyoto, and Chief Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji, cathedral fortress...

characteristics of Ninomaru Palace at Nijō Castle as well as the shoin at Nishi Hongan-ji (see photos above). Conrad Totman argues that the development of the...

a Japanese Buddhist leader and explorer who was the 22nd Abbot of Nishi Hongan-ji and the head of the Honganji-ha sect of Buddhism. He is known for expeditions...

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the main temple Hongan-ji in Kyoto was broken off into two sects to curb its power. These two sects, the Nishi (Western) Honganji and the Higashi...

Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876....

in the case of Jōdo-shū and Tendai Buddhism, but in the case of the Nishi Hongan-ji sub-sect of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, it refers to the spiritual leader...

Kōdai-ji). Sambō-in. Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺, Nishi Hongan-ji). Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺, Higashi Hongan-ji). Shōgo-in ( (聖護院) Chishaku-in. Reikan-ji. Reigen-ji...

part in the Kinmon incident. At the Shinsengumi new headquarters at Nishi Hongan-ji in April 1865, he was assigned as the third unit's captain. Saitō was...

organization. It is a sub-sect within Jodo Shinshu. Its head temple is Nishi Hongan-ji. It is the largest Jodo Shinshu sub-sect, the second largest being...

surviving pieces in this style are found in the collection at the Nishi Hongan-ji temple, containing many volumes of the Sanju Rokunin Kashu anthologies...

Rennyo (蓮如, 1415–1499) was the 8th Monshu (head priest) of the Hongan-ji Temple of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, and descendant of founder Shinran...

Japanese Type: Purpose of the site. The list includes 13 Buddhist temples ("-ji"), 3 Shinto shrines ("-jinja"), and one castle ("-jo"). Period: time period...

not think that sins were something that are paid for. Similarly, the Nishi Hongan-ji temple, the head temple of the Honganji-ha sect of Jodo Shinshu, rings...

Shōgyōhongangi Tanengi Ichinengi Jōdo Shinshū Hongan-ji Hongwanji-ha Nishi Hongan-ji Ōtani-ha Higashi Hongan-ji Dobokai Ji-shū Yūzū-nembutsu-shū Nichiren Buddhism...

Karamon gate was moved to Nishi Hongan-ji...

as the highest institution of the educational system promulgated by the Nishi-Hongwanji organization … 1922 Renamed Ryukoku University Became a university...

to chant in its entirety. In Higashi Hongan-ji there are 10 styles of chanting the Shoshinge and in Nishi Hongan-ji 5. Only two or three styles are used...

and divided, and at this point the works became part of the formal Nishi Hongan-ji National Treasures, where they are still stored. The set contains thirty-nine...

system on April 1, 1889. It took its name from a branch temple of Nishi Hongan-ji, the Hidaka-Gobō, which had been built at this location in 1528, and...

the foundation of what is now Ryūkoku University, it opened facing Nishi Hongan-ji in 2011. The museum displays works from its "vast" collection and there...

Buddha Hall] (in Japanese). Tōdai-ji. Retrieved 2009-11-23. 北能舞台 [North Noh stage] (in Japanese). Nishi Hongan-ji. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06...

Budista Sul-Amelicana Jodo-Shinshu Honpa Hongwanji is a district of the Nishi Hongan-ji branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism. Jōdo Shinshū wa established in South...

survive, among them the Hiun-kaku at Nishi Hongan-ji, the Karamon at Daitoku-ji, and the front gate at Myōkaku-ji (all in Kyoto). Recent excavations have...

seminary of Higashi Hongan-ji. The shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu founded Higashi Hongan-ji in 1602 by splitting it from Nishi Hongan-ji to diminish the power...

between Nishi Hongan-ji and the BCA was weakened. Before 1944, the kantoku, later sochō/bishop, the kantoku and bishops were assigned by Nishi Hongan-ji. In...