Shōren-in

Coordinates: 35°00′26″N 135°47′00″E / 35.007311°N 135.783197°E / 35.007311; 135.783197

Shōren-in (青蓮院)
Front yard in Shinden
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Location
Location	Kyoto
Country	Japan
Architecture
Completed	13th Century

Shōren-in (青蓮院) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.

History[]

It was built in the late 13th century. Shinran Shonin, the founder of the Jodo Shinshu pure land sect, was ordained a monk at Shōren-in at the age of nine.

Shōren-in was formerly the temple of the imperial abbot of the Tendai headquarters on Mount Hiei; the abbot was required to be chosen from the imperial family or high court aristocracy. After the Great Kyoto Fire of 1788, it was used as a temporary imperial palace for Empress Go-Sakuramachi. It was therefore also known as the Awata Palace. Her study room was converted into a tea room called Kobun-tei.^[1] The main hall was rebuilt in 1895.

The temple complex contains a garden with massive eight-hundred-year-old camphor trees (kusunoki), and a pond filled with large stones and fed by a small waterfall.

The modern artist created a number of fusuma sliding doors with blue lotus motifs to evoke the Pure Land.^[2][3][4]

See also[]

• For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.
• List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
• Gran Turismo 5 - Shorenin

References[]

Apparent to Photo Travel.

External links[]

Media related to Shōren-in at Wikimedia Commons

• Shorenin Official website(Japanese)
• Shorenin Official website(English)

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