page_title: Senju-ji
section_title: Senju-ji Honzan
hierarchical_section_title: Senju-ji / Senju-ji Honzan
caption_attribution_description: English: Notes on Guidance Toward Birth in the West (西方指南抄, saihō shinanshō) or "A Teaching to the Western Land" or "Collections Showing the Way to the West". Compilation of Hōnen's (teacher of Shinran) words in the form of writings, letters and records of words or events. Six books bound by fukuro-toji[nb 2], 28.2 × 18.2 cm (11.1 × 7.2 in). Located at Senju-ji, Tsu, Mie.
context_page_description: Senju-ji, also known as Takadayama, refers to a pair of temples which are the chief Buddhist temples of the Takada branch of Jōdo Shinshū, a Japanese Buddhist sect. The current head temple, Senju-ji Honzan, founded in the 15th century, is located in Mie Prefecture. The original head temple, Senju-ji Hon-ji, founded in 1225, is located in Tochigi Prefecture. Both temples are governed by the same abbot.
context_section_description: The Senju-ji in Tsu is traditionally said to have been founded by the monk Shinne, who had arrived from Takada. Its predecessor may have been a temple named Muryōju-ji, which came to be called Senju-ji Honzan in the late 16th century. Historically it was closely related to the imperial court and aristocratic culture. In 1478 it was designated an imperial temple, and in 1574 it became a monzeki.
  Buildings include the Mieidō (1666) and Nyoraidō (1748), both of which escaped fires in the 18th century and have been designated National Treasures.
  Important cultural properties preserved at the temple include paintings, statues, and documents. 
  The Notes on Guidance Toward Birth in the West (西方指南抄 saihō shinanshō) is a compilation in six volumes of the words, teachings, and practices of Shinran's teacher Hōnen. According to the colophons, Shinran wrote it at the age of 84. It is the oldest primary source of its kind and the best attested of Shinran's late writings in his own hand.  It was designated a National Treasure in 1953.
caption: Notes on Guidance Toward Birth in the West
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