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Enryaku-ji (延暦寺,
Enryaku-ji) is a
Tendai monastery located on
Mount Hiei in Ōtsu,
overlooking Kyoto. It was
first founded in 788
during the
early Heian...
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Enryaku (延暦) was a ****anese era name (年号, nengō, "year name")
after Ten'ō and
before Daidō. This
period spanned the
years from
August 782
through May...
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subordinate temples connected to it. A
famous sōhei
monastery is
Enryaku-ji on
Mount Hiei, just
outside Kyoto,
while Kō****u-ji in Nara also fielded...
- have been
otherwise delegated. 783 (
Enryaku 2, 3rd month): The
udaijin Tamaro died at the age of 62 years. 783 (
Enryaku 2, 7th month):
Fujiwara no Korekimi...
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considered to be an
important issue for
breaking the
front line. The
Enryaku-ji
pleaded for the
suspension of the
attack by
giving 300 gold coins, along...
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abbot of
Enryaku-ji in the 10th century. He is
considered a
restorer of the
Tendai school of
Mahayana Buddhism, and
credited for
reviving Enryaku-ji. His...
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religious center Enryaku-ji, in Kyoto. The main
object of
worship is Yakushirurikō
Nyorai (薬師瑠璃光如来). It was
named in a
reference both to the
Enryaku-ji's location...
- the
border between the
Kyoto and
Shiga Prefectures, ****an. The
temple of
Enryaku-ji, the
first outpost of the ****anese
Tendai (Chin. Tiantai) sect of Buddhism...
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Around 1113, the
ongoing rivalry between the
warrior monks of Mii-dera and
Enryaku-ji
erupted into
outright violence in the
streets of Kyoto.
Though the palace...
- The head
temple of the
Jimon sect of Tendai, it is a
sister temple to
Enryaku-ji, at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four
largest temples...
