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Hōrin-ji
Religion
AffiliationZen, Rinzai sect
DeityŚākyamuni (Buddha)
Location
Location82, Inokuchi, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
CountryJapan
Architecture
FounderAkamatsu Norimura

Hōrin-ji (法輪寺) is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture (formerly Harima province).

History

With the patronage of the Akamatsu clan, Sesson Yūbai was able to become the founder of a number of provincial Buddhist temple-monasteries, including Hōrin-ji in Harima.

Hōrin-ji was ranked among the provincial jissatsu by the Muromachi shogunate, which encouraged its shugo vassals to found monasteries in their domains.

Prominent among Yūbai's followers were Akamatsu Norimura (1277-1350) and his son Akamatsu Norisuke (1314-1371).

Notes

  1. ^ Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan, pp. 600-603.
  2. Hall, p. 602.

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34°49′23″N 134°39′43″E / 34.8231°N 134.662°E / 34.8231; 134.662

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