Manju-ji
{{Short description|Rinzai Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku Kyoto, Japan}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name = Manju-ji
万寿寺
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| location = 15-Chōme 786 Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture
| coordinates = {{coord|34|58|52.1|N|135|46|15.9|E|source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title,inline}}
| religious_affiliation = Tōfuku-ji Rinzai
| deity = Amida Nyorai (Amitābha)
| country = Japan
| functional_status = Five Mountain Temple (Kyoto)
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| founded_by = Emperor Shirakawa
| year_completed = Heian period (late 13th century)
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{{nihongo|Manju-ji|万寿寺}} is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku Kyoto, Japan.Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=fW9v37poqcQC&dq=manju-ji&pg=PA1742 Dictionnaire historique du Japon, p. 1742.] Owing to the influence of the Ashikaga, Manju-ji was designated a Jissatsu temple for a time. At present, it is a sub-temple of Tōfuku-ji.Baroni, Helen Josephine. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=smNM4ElP3XgC&dq=Manju-ji&pg=PA214 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism, p. 214.] It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto".
History
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Manju-ji was founded in the middle Heian period (late 13th century).[http://www.culturalprofiles.net/japan/Directories/Japan_Cultural_Profile/-33.html Japan Cultural Profile]: [http://www.culturalprofiles.net/japan/Directories/Japan_Cultural_Profile/-13480.html "Buddhist architecture in the Kamakura period (1185-1333)"] In 1305, {{nihongo|Nanpo Shōmyō|南浦紹明}} (1235–1308) was appointed abbot of Manju-ji.[http://zen.rinnou.net/index.html Joint Council for Japanese Rinzai and Obaku Zen]: [http://zen.rinnou.net/whats_zen/history.html "Transmission of Zen to Japan"]
In 2012, the monastery participated in the so-called East-West Spiritual Exchanges organised by the Institute for Zen Studies of Hanazono University and the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIMMID) in which Buddhist and Christian monks or nuns take turns residing for one month in each other’s monasteries.{{cite journal |last1=Jonnart |first1=Fr. Irénée |title=TRAVERSÉE DANS L’ARCHIPEL DES PROFONDEURS |journal=Dilatato Corde |volume=II |issue=1 January - June |url=https://dimmid.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={54A4AF7B-2CE4-43A0-B9D4-1D815C5D4C2C}&DE= |access-date=16 February 2024 |publisher=DIMMID |language=fr}}
Artwork
An artistically noteworthy Amida figure is too large to be moved from Manju-ji for display elsewhere.McCallum, Donald F. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/3249716 "Heian Sculpture at the Tokyo National Museum. Part II: A Review Article," Artibus Asiae, Vol. 36, No. 1/2 (1974), pp. 147 n3.] The temple holds a collection of esoteric Buddhist art which was traditionally used in teaching the salient points in the story of the life of Gautama Buddha.[http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/ JAANUS (Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System)]: [http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/s/shakahassou.htm {{Nihongo|Shaka hassou|釈迦八相|Sha-ka-has-sou}}.]
See also
Notes
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References
- Baroni, Helen Josephine. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=smNM4ElP3XgC The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism.] New York: Rosen Publishing Group. {{ISBN|978-0-8239-2240-6}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/42680558 OCLC 42680558]
- Dumoulin, Heinrich. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=hfMkpD_Xr3sC Zen Buddhism: A History (Vol. II: Japan).] Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom. {{ISBN|978-0-941532-90-7}}
- Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida, et al. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=fW9v37poqcQC Dictionnaire historique du Japon.] Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. {{ISBN|978-2-7068-1632-1}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/isbn/2706816325 OCLC 51096469]
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). [https://books.google.com/books?id=OpOdHQAACAAJ&q=Kyoto:+The+Old+Capital+of+Japan,+794-1869 Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869.] Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
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