Jōgon-in
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Jōgon-in (浄厳院) is a Buddhist temple in Ōmihachiman (formerly Azuchi), Shiga, Japan belonging to the Jōdo-shū sect. The temple is dedicated to Amida Buddha.
History
[edit]From 1346 to 1370, Jion-ji Temple, a small Tendai temple, stood at the current site of Jōgon-in. In 1370 the temple was destroyed in a fire during wartime, and stood in ruins for two centuries. In 1577, Oda Nobunaga invited a Jōdo-shū Buddhist priest named Meikan Jogonbo to open a new temple on the ruins of Jion-ji and named the temple Jōgon-in after its transferral to the Jōdo sect. In 1579 Jōgon-in was the site of the Azuchi religious debate between the Nichiren-shū and Jōdo-shū sects.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "浄厳院 | 滋賀県観光情報[公式観光サイト]滋賀・びわ湖のすべてがわかる!". 滋賀観光 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-26.