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English: Senju-nembutsu' is the idea that all sentient beings can be reborn in Amida's Paradise by reciting the name of Mida (Amida Nyorai) intently.
Japanese: 「専修念仏」とは、いかなる者も、一心に弥陀（阿弥陀如来）の名を唱え続ければ極楽往生できるとする思想である。
English: In 1207, Honen was exiled to Sanuki Province (modern day Kagawa Prefecture) but was pardoned 4 years later in 1211 and returned to Kyoto where he died the following January aged 80.
Japanese: 法然は建永2年（1207年）には讃岐国（香川県）に流罪となり、4年後の建暦元年（1211年）には許されて都に戻るが、翌年の1月、80歳で没した。
English: Honen's residence stood in the vicinity of where Chion-in Temple's Seishi Hall now stands and was called both 'Yoshimizu-gobo' and 'Otani-zenbo' after the name of the area at the time.
Japanese: 法然の住房は現在の知恩院勢至堂付近にあり、当時の地名を取って「吉水御坊」「大谷禅坊」などと称されていた。
English: With the exception of the later years spent in exile, Honen's teaching took place on this site from his establishment of the Pure Land Sect at age 43 to his death at age 80; making a Pure Land sect center.
Japanese: ここでの法然の布教活動は、流罪となった晩年の数年間を除き、浄土宗を開宗する43歳から生涯を閉じた80歳までの長きにわたり、浄土宗の中心地となった。
English: Honen's tomb was constructed here and protected by his disciples but was destroyed in 1227 by monks from Enryaku-ji Temple.
Japanese: ここに法然の廟が造られ、弟子が守っていたが、嘉禄3年（1227年）、延暦寺の衆徒によって破壊されてしまう。
English: In 1234, it was restored by Honen's disciple Seikambo Genchi and bestowed the name 'Kachozan Chion-kyo-in Otani-dera Temple' by Emperor Shijo.
Japanese: 文暦元年（1234年）、法然の弟子にあたる勢観坊源智が再興し、四条天皇から「華頂山知恩教院大谷寺」の寺号を下賜された。
English: Following this, the temple was burnt down repeatedly including in the fire of 1431 and during the Onin War, but was restored each time.
Japanese: その後も永享3年（1431年）の火災や応仁の乱などで焼失するが、その都度再興されている。
English: The grand monastery including the surviving Sammon gate and main hall (Mieido) was constructed during the Edo period.
Japanese: 現存の三門、本堂（御影堂）をはじめとする壮大な伽藍が建設されるのは江戸時代に入ってからのことである。
English: Pure Land sect follower Ieyasu TOKUGAWA expanded the temple grounds from 1608 and built numerous halls.
Japanese: 浄土宗徒であった徳川家康は慶長3年（1608年）から知恩院の寺地を拡大し、諸堂の造営を行った。
English: This construction work was continued by second generation Shogun Hidetada TOKUGAWA and the surviving Sammon gate was built in 1621.
Japanese: 造営は2代将軍徳川秀忠に引き継がれ、現存の三門は元和(日本)7年（1621年）に建設された。
English: With the exception of the Sammon gate, the Kyozo (sutra repository) and Seishi Hall, the temple complex was almost entirely destroyed by the fire of 1633 but reconstruction was soon initiated by the third generation Shogun Iemitsu TOKUGAWA and completed in 1641.
Japanese: 寛永10年（1633年）の火災で、三門、経蔵、勢至堂を残しほぼ全焼するが、3代将軍徳川家光のもとでただちに再建が進められ、寛永18年（1641年）までにほぼ完成している。
English: The temple is said to have served as a political backdrop and that the reasons why the Tokugawa family put so much effort into its construction include that they were followers of the Pure Land sect, the 25th generation head-priest Choyo Zongyu was the brother of Nagachika MATSUDAIRA, it was a focal point of the Tokugawa family in Kyoto and demonstrated their power as well as keeping the Imperial Court in check.
Japanese: 徳川家が知恩院の造営に力を入れたのは、徳川家が浄土宗徒であることや知恩院25世超誉存牛（ちょうよぞんぎゅう）が松平氏第5代長親の弟であること、京都における徳川家の拠点とすること、徳川家の威勢を誇示し、朝廷を牽制することといった、政治的な背景もあったと言われている。
English: The grounds of Chion-in Temple are divided into a lower section that includes the Sammon gate and sub-temples, a middle section where the central monastery such as the main hall (Miei-do) is located, and an upper section in which structures such as the Seishi Hall and Honen's tomb are situated.
Japanese: 知恩院の境内は、三門や塔頭寺院のある下段、本堂（御影堂）など中心伽藍のある中段、勢至堂、法然廟などのある上段の3つに分かれている。
English: The upper section is the original precinct of the time of the temple's founding and the monastery of the middle and lower sections was newly constructed during the Edo period as a result of the full support of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Japanese: このうち、上段が開創当初の寺域であり、中段、下段の大伽藍は江戸時代になって徳川幕府の全面的な援助で新たに造営されたものである。
English: It was constructed in 1621 (contemporary india-ink writings were discovered within during the Large Scale Heisei Era Renovation).
Japanese: 元和7年（1621年）の建立（平成の大修理で同年の墨書が発見されている）。
English: (Five bays and three entrances means that, of the five front bays, the middle three serve as entrances.
Japanese: （「五間三戸」は正面柱間が5つで、うち中央3間が通路になっているもの。
English: Two-storey means that the gate is on two levels with overhanging eaves on both the upper and lower levels.)
Japanese: 「二重門」は2階建てで、1階・2階の両方に軒の張りだしがあるものをいう。）
English: At 24 meter tall, it stands taller than Todai-ji Temple's Nandai-mon gate and is said to be the largest temple sammon gate in Japan.
Japanese: 高さ24メートルの堂々たる門で、東大寺南大門より大きく、寺院の三門（山門）としては日本最大のものと言われている。
English: The gate has the look of a Zen temple sammon gate with Zen style detailing such as the dense arrangement of the structure supporting the eave overhangs.
Japanese: 組物（軒の出を支える構造材）を密に並べるなど、細部の様式は禅宗様であり、禅寺の三門に似た形式とする。
English: The gate is highly representative of the Zen style with a statue of Shaka Nyorai and the 16 Arhats housed in the upper storey and an image of a dragon adorning the roof.
Japanese: 門の上層内部は釈迦如来像と十六羅漢像を安置し、天井には龍図を描くなど、やはり禅寺風になっている。
English: The grand building displays the majesty of Buddhist temples constructed by Edo Shogunate with its formal tile hip-and-gable roof, a frontage measuring 44.8 m and a depth of 34.5 m.
Japanese: 入母屋造本瓦葺き、間口44.8メートル、奥行34.5メートルの壮大な建築で、江戸幕府造営の仏堂としての偉容を示している。
English: Although the exterior maintains a conservative Japanese style tone, the interior incorporates Zen style (Chinese Tang Dynasty style) elements.
Japanese: 建築様式は外観は保守的な和様を基調としつつ、内部には禅宗様（唐様）の要素を取り入れている。
English: The building has a layout of 11 bays (distance between pillars) across the front by a depth of 9 bays, of which the front 11 x 3 bay worship area is tatami-matted and the internal 5 by 5 bay area makes up the inner sanctuary.
Japanese: 柱間は正面11間、奥行9間で、手前3間分を畳敷きの外陣とし、その奥の正面5間・奥行5間を内陣とする。
English: Within the inner sanctuary are four pillars, in the middle of which stands a palace-shaped miniature shrine housing a wooden statue of the sect founder Honen.
Japanese: 内陣の奥には四天柱（4本の柱）を立てて内々陣とし、宮殿（くうでん）形厨子を置き、宗祖法然の木像を安置する。
English: Constructed during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the headquarters of the Pure Land sect is highly representative of modern authentic large-scale Buddhist architecture and is highly significant from a cultural history perspective for the great influence that it has had on Japanese culture, which led the monastery to be designated a National Treasure in 2002 along with the sammon gate.
Japanese: 徳川幕府の造営になる、近世の本格的かつ大規模な仏教建築の代表例であり、日本文化に多大な影響を与えてきた浄土宗の本山寺院の建築としての文化史的意義も高いことから、2002年、三門とともに国宝に指定されている。
English: The tiles on the center of the roof are slightly stacked as a metaphor for imperfection.
Japanese: 屋根の上、中央に屋根瓦が少し積まれているが、これは完璧な物はないことの暗喩だとされる。
English: It was rebuilt during the Meiji period but the imperial scroll on the front reading 'Otani-dera Temple' was written by Emperor Go-Nara.
Japanese: 明治時代の再建だが、正面に掲げられている「大谷寺」という勅額は、後奈良天皇の宸翰である。
English: It was built in 1621 at the same time as the sammon gate and contains a rotating sutra wheel which contains the Song Chinese edition of the entire Buddhist scriptural canon in six thousand volumes, donated by the second Tokugawa Shogun, Hidetada.
Japanese: 三門と同じ元和7年（1621年）に建立された建物で、徳川二代将軍・秀忠寄進による宋版大蔵経六千巻を安置する輪蔵が備えられている。
English: It was constructed in 1992 and houses statues of Amida Nyorai and the Four Heavenly Kings.
Japanese: 平成4年（1992年）の建立で、内部には阿弥陀如来立像と四天王像を安置する。
English: The bell (Important Cultural Property) housed within is very well known in Japan and was cast in 1636.
Japanese: ここにある梵鐘（重要文化財）は日本有数の大鐘で、寛永13年（1636年）の鋳造である。
English: The striking of the bell on New Year's Eve is often shown on television at the end of the year.
Japanese: この鐘楼で除夜の鐘を突く模様は年末のテレビ番組でたびたび紹介されている。
English: A magnificent Shoin-style building constructed in 1641 with a hip-and-gable cypress bark roof centered around the 54 mat-sized Tsuru-no-ma (Crane Room) and featuring numerous rooms adorned with extravagant sliding screen paintings by artists of the Kano School.
Japanese: 寛永18年（1641年）に建立された檜皮葺き・入母屋造りの華麗な書院建築で、54畳敷きの鶴の間を中心に狩野一派の筆になる豪華な襖絵に彩られた多くの部屋が続く。
English: The building was constructed in 1641, the same year as the Ohojo (Large Guest House), and has rooms decorated with sliding screen paintings done by artists of the Kano School but, compared to the Ohojo, these are lighter and more tranquil.
Japanese: 大方丈と同じ寛永18年（1641年）に建立された建物で、襖には狩野派の絵が描かれているが、大方丈に比べ淡彩で落ち着いた雰囲気に包まれる。
English: The eastern garden is known as the 'Nijugo Bosatsu-no-niwa' (Garden of the 25 Bodhisattva) with rocks and shrubbery representing the coming of Amida Nyorai and the 25 Bodhisattva to lead the souls of the deceased from the Western Pure Land Paradise.
Japanese: 東側の庭園は「二十五菩薩の庭」と呼ばれ、阿弥陀如来が西方極楽浄土から25名の菩薩を従えて来迎する様を石と植込みで表現したものである。
English: Housed inside are the memorial tablets and portraits of the three generations of Tokugawa Shoguns (Ieyasu, Hidetada and Iemitsu) who were instrumental in the construction of Chion-in Temple.
Japanese: 内部には知恩院の造営に関わった徳川三代（徳川家康・秀忠・家光）の位牌と肖像画を安置する。
English: The location on a hillside reached by stone steps leading from the front of the Ohojo offers a panoramic view of the city of Kyoto.
Japanese: 大方丈前から石段を上った山腹に位置し、京都市街を一望できる眺望のよい場所にある。
English: The Santei building itself was the palace of Emperor Reigen's 10th Princess Jorinin-no-miya Yoshiko, which was bestowed in 1759 and underwent large-scale reconstruction during the Meiji Period.
Japanese: 山亭の建物は霊元天皇第10皇女浄林院宮吉子の御殿を宝暦9年（1759年）に下賜されたもので、明治時代に大改修を受けている。
English: Also known as Honji-do (Hall of the Original Form), it sits on a slightly elevated position in the east of the grounds atop a steep stone staircase.
Japanese: 境内東側、急な石段を上った先の小高い場所にあり、本地堂とも呼ばれる。
English: The principal image of the seated statue of the bodhisattva Seishi housed within the miniature shrine in the inner sanctuary was created during the Kamakura period and designated an Important Cultural Property in 2003.
Japanese: 内陣厨子内に安置する本尊勢至菩薩坐像は鎌倉時代の作で、2003年に重要文化財に指定されている。
English: There are very few temples devoted to the bodhisattva Seishi, but followers of the Pure Land sect believe Honen to be the reincarnation of Seishi (Honen's childhood name was Seishimaru) and is thought to have been created as Honen's true Buddha form.
Japanese: 勢至菩薩を本尊とする堂は他にほとんど例を見ないが、浄土宗では法然を勢至菩薩の生まれ変わりとしており（法然の幼名は「勢至丸」であった）、法然の本地仏として造立されたものと思われる。
English: After Honen Shonin's death, his disciples constructed this building east of Seishi-do in order to house his remains.
Japanese: 法然上人の死後、門弟たちの手によって勢至堂の東に建てられたもので法然の遺骨を納めている。
English: It is a place of prayer isolated from the hustle and bustle of the Chion-in Temple, which has a large monastery as Pure Land sect headquarters.
Japanese: 浄土宗総本山として大伽藍を擁する知恩院にあって、喧騒から隔離された祈りの空間となっている。
English: In addition to the buildings given above, the Kara-mon gate, Shuedo (Assembly Hall), Oguri (also called Sekkoden) and Koguri have also been designated Important Cultural Properties.
Japanese: 以上の他、唐門、集會堂（しゅえどう）、大庫裏（おおぐり、「雪香殿」とも）、小庫裏（こぐり）が重要文化財に指定されている。
English: The three items above beginning with the Bosatsu Shotaikyo (The Bodhisattva Womb Sutra) were collected by Ugai Tetsujo (1814-1891) who served as a head priest from the end of the Edo period into to the Meiji period.
Japanese: 以上のうち、菩薩処胎経以下の3件は、幕末から明治にかけて門主を務めた養鸕徹定（うがいてつじょう、1814－1891）の収集品である。
English: The items designated National Treasures, the paintings and writings have been deposited at Kyoto National Museum and Nara National Museum.
Japanese: 国宝指定物件のうち、絵画、書跡は京都および奈良の国立博物館に寄託されている。
English: This approximately 550 meter long corridor connects the Mie-do to the Ohoji and Kohojo and is called the 'Nightingale Floor Corridor' because when walked upon, makes a sound similar to that of a nightingale and, the more lightly one tries to tread, the more the floorboards creak.
Japanese: 御影堂から大方丈・小方丈へ至る約550ｍの廊下で、歩くと鶯の鳴き声に似た音がするため「鶯張りの廊下」と呼ばれ、静かに歩こうとすればするほど音がする。
English: Atop the sammon gate lie the two plain wood coffins with wooden statues carved by master carpenter Kinuemon GOMI and his wife who it is said poured all of their energies into the construction of the gate at the order of the Shogun and, after its completion, took responsibility for the work exceeding the budget by taking their own lives.
Japanese: 三門楼上に安置されている二つの白木の棺で、中には将軍家より三門造営の命を請け、三門完成後に工事の予算が超過したため責任をとって自刃したと伝えられている大工の棟梁・五味金右衛門夫婦の自作の木像が納められている。
English: This umbrella is thought to protect Chion-in Temple from fires and is said to have been placed between the front eaves of the Miei-do by master craftsman Jingoro HIDARI to ward off evil spirits or left by the white fox form of Nuregami-Doji.
Japanese: 御影堂正面軒下に名工・左甚五郎が魔除けに置いたとも、白狐の化身・濡髪童子がおいたとも伝えられる傘で、知恩院を火災から守るものとされている。
English: The sliding screen paintings in the Kiku-no-ma (Chrysanthemum Room) of the Ohojo (Large Guest House) were done by Nobumasa KANO and it is said that originally sparrows were painted above the white chrysanthemum but were so lifelike that they came to life and flew away.
Japanese: 狩野信政が描いた大方丈の菊の間の襖絵で、万寿菊の上に数羽の雀が描かれていたが、あまりにも上手に描かれたので雀が生命を受けて飛び去ったといわれる。
English: This picture of a cat was painted on the cedar doors in the hallway in the Ohojo (Large Guest House) by Nobumasa KANO and is called 'The Cat That Sees in Three Directions' because it appears to be looking at you from whichever angle you look at it.
Japanese: 大方丈の廊下にある杉戸に描かれた狩野信政筆の猫の絵で、どちらから見ても見る人の方を正面からにらんでいるので「三方正面真向の猫」と呼ばれている。
English: This rice paddle on the beams of the Ohojo entrance corridor is 2.5 meter long, weighs about 30 kilograms and symbolizes the depth of Amida's compassion in saving all sentient beings.
Japanese: 大方丈入口の廊下の梁に置かれている長さ2.5ｍ・重さ約30kgの大杓子で、阿弥陀仏の大慈悲ですべての人が救いとられるという一切衆生救済を表したものである。
English: This large rock located in front of the Kuro-mon gate is said to have been there since before the building of Chion-in Temple and that, in just one night, a vine grew out of it, flowered and bore gourds.
Japanese: 黒門への登り口の路上にあり、知恩院が建立される前からあるとされる大きな石で、一夜にしてこの石から蔓が延びて花が咲き、瓜が実ったと伝わる。
English: 400 Rinka-cho, 3 Cho-me Yamato-oji Higashi-iru, Shinbashi-dori, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Zip code 605-0062
Japanese: 〒605-0062京都市東山区新橋通り大和大路東入ル3丁目林下町（りんかちょう）400
English: Bus: Take the Kyoto City Bus to Chion-in-mae Bus Stop or take the Keihan Bus to Jingudo Bus Stop and walk for 7-8 minutes.
Japanese: バス・京都市営バス知恩院前バス停、または京阪バス神宮道バス停下車、徒歩7～8分
English: Train: Either take the Kyoto City Subway Tozai Line to Higashiyama Station (Kyoto Prefecture) and walk for 10 minutes from exit 1 (stairs only) or take the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line to Shijo Station (Keihan) or the Hankyu Railway Hankyu Kyoto Line to Kawaramachi Station (Kyoto Prefecture) and walk for approximately 20 minutes.
Japanese: 鉄道・京都市営地下鉄東西線東山駅_(京都府)下車、1番出入口（階段のみ）より徒歩約10分、京阪電気鉄道京阪本線四条駅(京阪)、または阪急電鉄阪急京都本線河原町駅(京都府)より徒歩約20分
English: Car: Approximately 30 minutes from the Meishin Expressway Kyoto Higashi Interchange or Kyoto Minami Interchange.
Japanese: 自動車・名神高速道路京都東インターチェンジ、または京都南インターチェンジから約30分
English: Kennin-ji Temple, located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is the headquarters of the Rinzai sect Kennin-ji School of Zen Buddhism.
Japanese: 建仁寺（けんにんじ、けんねんじ）は、京都府京都市東山区にある臨済宗建仁寺派大本山の寺院。
English: The site is home to numerous cultural properties including Sotatsu TAWARAYA's 'Fujin Raijin zu' (image of the Wind and Thunder Gods) and Kaiho Yusho's sliding screen paintings.
Japanese: 俵屋宗達の「風神雷神図」、海北友松（かいほうゆうしょう）の襖絵などの文化財を豊富に伝える。
English: The Ryosoku-in sub-temple within the grounds is famous for its Chisen Kaiyu style garden in the Momoyama period and collection of cultural properties including valuable ancient Japanese books and Chinese and Korean texts.
Japanese: 山内の塔頭としては、桃山時代の池泉回遊式庭園で有名であり、貴重な古籍や、漢籍・朝鮮本などの文化財も多数所蔵していることで知られる両足院などが見られる。
English: Additionally Kodai-ji Temple enshrining Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and Hokan-ji Temple with the 'Yasaka-no-to' (Yasaka Pagoda) are both branch temples.
Japanese: また、豊臣秀吉を祀る高台寺や、「八坂の塔」のある法観寺は建仁寺の末寺である。
English: The monk Yosai (Eisai) is credited with formally introducing the Rinzai sect to Japan.
Japanese: 日本に臨済宗を正式に伝えたのは栄西（ようさい、えいさい）がはじめとされている。
English: He travelled to Southern Song Period China in both 1168 and 1187.
Japanese: 仁安(日本)3年（1168年）と文治3年（1187年）の2回、南宋に渡航した。
English: His first visit lasted only 6 months but on his second visit he received instruction form Rinzai sect Huanglong school master Xu'an Huaichang.
Japanese: 1度目の渡宋はわずか半年であったが、2度目の渡宋の際、臨済宗黄龍派（おうりょうは）の虚庵懐敞（きあんえじょう）に参禅した。
English: In 1191, he received the inka (master's certification of a disciple's completion of training) from Xu'an and returned to Japan.
Japanese: 建久2年（1191年）、虚庵から印可（師匠の法を嗣いだという証明）を得て、帰国する。
English: The influence that Mt. Hiei (Enryaku-ji Temple) commanded in Kyoto at the time made it extremely difficult to establish a Zen temple.
Japanese: 当時、京都では比叡山（延暦寺）の勢力が強大で、禅寺を開くことは困難であった。
English: After his return, Yosai (Eisai) first built Shofuku-ji Temple in Hakata, Kyushu and later served as kaisan at Jufuku-ji Temple constructed in the year 1200 with the assistance of Masako HOJO.
Japanese: 栄西ははじめ九州博多に聖福寺を建て、のち鎌倉に移り、北条政子の援助で正治2年（1200年）に建立された寿福寺の開山となる。
English: Two years later in 1202, he received the backing of the second Kamakura Shogun MINAMOTO no Yoriie and constructed Kennin-ji Temple as a Rinzai sect site in Kyoto.
Japanese: その2年後の建仁2年（1202年）、鎌倉幕府2代将軍源頼家の援助を得て、京都における臨済宗の拠点として建立されたのが建仁寺である。
English: This was due to the great influence that the Shingon and Tendai sects already wielded in Kyoto at the time.
Japanese: これは当時の京都では真言、天台の既存宗派の勢力が強大だったことが背景にある。
English: It was not until over half a century after its founding, in 1259, that the temple became purely a Zen temple when Chinese monk Lanxi Daolong (kaisan of the Kamakura period temple Kencho-ji) assumed the position of Kennin-ji Temple's 11th chief priest.
Japanese: 創建から半世紀以上経た正元(日本)元年（1259年）には宋僧の蘭渓道隆（らんけいどうりゅう、鎌倉建長寺の開山）が11世住職として入寺し、この頃から純粋禅の寺院となる。
English: Kennin-ji Temple has suffered numerous fires throughout the centuries including during the Onin War, in 1397 and in 1481 so that none of the original buildings remain.
Japanese: 建仁寺は、応仁の乱による焼失のほか、応永4年（1397年）、文明(日本)13年（1481年）などたびたび火災にあっており、創建当時の建物は残っていない。
English: It is said to have been relocated to its current site after the Onin War, having originally stood as the gate at the mansion of TAIRA no Norimori (and TAIRA no Shigemori) but this is not known for sure.
Japanese: 平教盛の館門（平重盛の館門とも）を応仁の乱後に移築したものと伝えるが定かでない。
English: Sammon gate - This late Edo period structure was relocated from Annei-ji Temple in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture (formerly Hamana-gun, Yuto-cho) in 1923.
Japanese: 三門（望闕楼）－静岡県浜松市（旧浜名郡雄踏町）の安寧寺から1923年に移築したもので、江戸時代末期の建築である。
English: Hatto (lecture hall) - The same building serves as both the Butsuden (hall enshrining the principal image) and Hatto (lecture hall).
Japanese: 法堂（はっとう）－仏殿（本尊を安置する堂）と法堂（講堂にあたる）を兼ねている。
English: In 2002, an image of two dragons was painted on the ceiling by Junsaku KOIZUMI to commemorate the temple's 800th anniversary.
Japanese: また、平成14年(2002年)創建800年を記念して天井に小泉淳作により双龍の絵が描かれた。
English: Hojo (Abbot's Quarters) (Important Cultural Property) - This Muromachi period building was relocated from Hiroshima's Ankoku-ji Temple to Kennin-ji Temple by Ankokuji Ekei in 1599.
Japanese: 方丈（重文）－室町時代の建物で、もと広島の安国寺にあり、安国寺恵瓊が慶長4年（1599年）に建仁寺に移築したもの。
English: The outside of the building is covered with fittings but has few walls and this led to it being heavily damaged in the Muroto typhoon of 1934 but it was restored in 1940.
Japanese: 建物の外周すべて建具が入り、壁が少ない構造のためか、1934年の室戸台風で倒壊し、1940年に復旧された。
English: Each room was originally adorned by India-ink partition paintings by archetypal Momoyama artist Kaiho Yusho but these have since been deposited at Kyoto National Museum and replaced by hanging scrolls.
Japanese: 各室には桃山時代の画壇と代表する画家の1人である海北友松（かいほうゆうしょう）の水墨障壁画があったが、現在は襖から掛軸に改装され、京都国立博物館に寄託されている。
English: After restoring the typhoon damage, partition paintings, 'The Cycle of Birth and Death,' by traditional Japanese-style painter Kansetsu HASHIMOTO were installed.
Japanese: 台風被害の復旧後は、日本画家橋本関雪による「生生流転」（しょうじょうるてん）の障壁画が設置されている。
English: Toyobo - This teahouse is said to have been enjoyed by SEN no Rikyu's leading disciple Shinnyodo Toyobo Chosei during the Great Kitano Tea Gathering.
Japanese: 東陽坊－北野大茶会の際に千利休の高弟・真如堂東陽坊長盛が好んだと伝えられる茶室。
English: The generous use of empty space creates the dynamic effect of the two gods rushing through the sky.
Japanese: たっぷりと取られた余白が広い空間を暗示し、天空を駆ける両神のダイナミックな動きを感じさせる。
English: The original is deposited at the Kyoto National Museum but reproductions of the folding blind and clay slab are on display at the temple.
Japanese: 原本は京都国立博物館に寄託されているが、複製の屏風および陶板は建仁寺で見ることができる。
English: Note: 'Chikurin-Shichiken-zu,' 'Kacho-zu,' 'Kinki-shoga-zu,' 'Unryu-zu' and 'Sansui-zu' are all Hojo partition screen paintings by Kaihou Yusho that have since been replaced by hangings scrolls.
Japanese: （注）「竹林七賢図」「花鳥図」「琴棋書画図」「雲竜図」「山水図」は、海北友松一派の筆になる方丈旧障壁画であり、襖絵から掛軸に改装されている。
English: Shoren-in Temple is a Tendai sect temple located in Awataguchi-sanjobo-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 青蓮院（しょうれんいん）は、京都市東山区粟田口（あわたぐち）三条坊町にある天台宗の寺院。
English: Shoren-in Temple is one of the three Monzeki temples of Tendai sect along with Sanzen-in Temple (Kajii-monzeki) and Myoho-in Temple.
Japanese: 青蓮院は、三千院（梶井門跡）、妙法院とともに、天台宗の三門跡寺院とされている。
English: The 'Monzeki Temples' are those that were served by members of the Imperial Household and Sekkan Family and, among these, Shoren-in Temple has a particularly distinguished Monzeki heritage, having been served by Hoshinno (imperial princes and the sons of nobles such as the Fushimi-no-miya family, who became monks and renounced the title of Imperial prince) chief priests.
Japanese: 「門跡寺院」とは皇室や摂関家の子弟が入寺する寺院のことであり、青蓮院は多くの法親王（天皇の皇子や伏見宮家などの皇族の男子で出家後に親王宣下を受けた者）が門主（住職）を務め、宮門跡寺院として高い格式を誇ってきた。
English: As with many other temples such as Sanzen-in Temple and Myoho-in Temple, the origin of Shoren-in Temple lies in one of the several lodging chamber for priests built atop Mt. Hiei.
Japanese: 三千院、妙法院などとともに、青蓮院も比叡山上にあった房（小寺院）がその起源とされている。
English: Shoren-in Temple is derived from Shorembo in the Minamidani area of Mt. Hiei's Higashito district but was relocated to the bottom of the mountain when it became a monzeki temple during the time of Gyogen Daisojo at the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 青蓮院は比叡山東塔の南谷にあった青蓮坊がその起源であり、門跡寺院となって山下に移ったのは平安時代末期の行玄大僧正の時である。
English: In 1150, Emperor Toba's empress Bifukumonin used Shoren-in Temple as a place of prayer.
Japanese: 久安6年（1150年）、鳥羽天皇の后・美福門院は青蓮院を祈願所とした。
English: The retired emperor's seventh son Imperial Prince Monk Kakukai joined the temple as Gyogen's disciple, after which it went on to become a highly renowned institution served by chief priests drawn from among imperial princes and sons of the Sekkan Family.
Japanese: また、上皇の第7皇子覚快法親王が行玄の弟子として入寺し、以後、皇族や摂関家の子弟が門主を務める格式高い寺院となった。
English: At the time of it's relocation down the mountain, the temple was sited at Sanjo-shirakawa (slightly northwest of its current location) but was moved to its current higher spot during the Kamakura period in order to avoid the flooding river.
Japanese: 山下へ移転した当初は三条白川（現在地のやや北西）にあったが、河川の氾濫を避け、鎌倉時代に高台の現在地へ移った。
English: The location was originally the site of Juraku-in Temple and the Mausoleum of Emperor Hanazono to the southeast of Shoren-in Temple is named 'Jurakuin-no-ue-no-misasagi.'
Japanese: ここにはもと十楽院という寺があり、青蓮院の南東にある花園天皇陵は「十楽院上陵」（じゅうらくいんのうえのみささぎ）と称されている。
English: Among the successive head priests, the third priest Jien (posthumously awarded the name Jichin-osho) is renowned as the author of the historical text "Gukansho."
Japanese: 歴代門主（住職）のうち、3代の慈鎮和尚慈円は歴史書『愚管抄』の著者として著名である。
English: Jien was the son of FUJIWARA no Tadamichi, chief adviser to the Emperor, was also a well known poet and served four terms as the head of the Tendai sect.
Japanese: 慈円は関白藤原忠通の子で、歌人としても知られ、天台座主を4度務めている。
English: Prince Sonen, the seventeenth head priest of Shoren-in Temple and the sixth son of Emperor Fushimi, was known as a distinguished calligrapher.
Japanese: また、17代門主の尊円法親王は伏見天皇の第6皇子で、名筆家として知られる。
English: The style of calligraphy developed by Sonen is known as the Shoren-in method, which was widely adopted during the Edo period and is the origin of Japanese style of handwriting, the Oieryu method.
Japanese: 尊円法親王の書風は「青蓮院流」と呼ばれ、江戸時代に広く普及した和様書風「御家流」の源流である。