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English: An image of Bodhidharma painted by Bokkei who, like Sesshu, also studied under Shubun which features one of his main characteristics of using powerful, bold lines used to depict clothing.
Japanese: 雪舟と同じく周文に師事した墨谿筆の達磨図で、衣服にみる力強く野太い筆線描写は墨谿画の特徴のひとつである。
English: Ryoko-in Temple is a sub-temple located within the precinct of Rinzai sect Daihonzan (Head Temple) Daitoku-ji Temple in Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 龍光院（りょうこういん）は京都府京都市北区(京都市)紫野にある、臨済宗大本山大徳寺の仏塔塔頭（たっちゅう）である。
English: The temple maintains a policy of not opening to sightseers and there are no special openings.
Japanese: 観光客に対しては非公開の方針を貫いており、特別公開の類も一切行われていない。
English: As Shunoku Soen had passed away, the actual kaisan (first chief priest) Kogetsu Sogan was a close friend of Enshu KOBORI, and the Koho-an Temple founded by Enshu stood within Ryoko-in Temple.
Japanese: 春屋宗園（しゅんおくそうえん）が没したために事実上の開山となった江月宗玩(こうげつそうがん)は小堀遠州などと親交のあり，在世中には遠州が営んだ孤篷庵が院内にあった。
English: Ryoko-in Temple once occupied a site three times that of the current site but became devastated as a result of the execution of the edict for the separation of Buddhism and Shinto in the Meiji period and reduced to the present scale.
Japanese: かつての龍光院は現在の3倍ほどの敷地だったが、明治の神仏分離令の施行に際して破却の憂き目にあい，現在の姿となった。
English: A yosemune-zukuri (square or rectangular building covered with a hipped roof) building with a shingled roof built during the latter part of the Edo period (mid 17th century).
Japanese: 江戸時代前期（17世紀半ば）に建てられた寄棟造り・杮（こけら）葺きの建物。
English: The 'Mittanseki' tearoom the size of four tatami mats plus one of less than normal size located in the northwestern corner is highly representative example of the shoin style of tearoom and originally stood as a separate building.
Japanese: 北西隅に位置する四畳半台目茶室「密庵席（みったんせき）」は書院風茶室の代表例で、元は独立した建物だったとされる。
English: To the western edge of the Mittanseki tearoom is an engawa veranda separated by a translucent sliding screen, to the south is a ten tatami mat sized room separated by an opaque sliding screen, to the northeast is the host's tea preparation area, and on the west of the northern wall is an alcove.
Japanese: 密庵席は西側の縁側境を明障子、南側の十畳間との境を襖で仕切り、東北側に手前座、北側壁の西寄りに床の間を設ける。
English: Believed to be the only surviving work of calligraphy by Chinese Song Dynasty Zen monk Mi'an Xianjie ('Mittan Kanketsu' in Japanese) ('bokuseki' refers to the handwriting of a high-ranking Zen priest).
Japanese: 中国・宋代の禅僧・密庵咸傑（みったんかんけつ）の現存唯一の墨蹟とされる（「墨蹟」は禅宗高僧の筆跡を指す用語）。
English: This Buddhist sermon was greatly respected at Zenrin (a Zen temple) and also by numerous tea ceremony masters including SEN no Rikyu, and the Mittan-doko (Mittan alcove) was created within the Mittanseki tearoom of the shoin at Ryoko-in Temple especially in which to hang this scroll.
Japanese: この法語は禅林（禅宗の寺院）はもとより千利休をはじめとする多くの茶人より多大な尊敬が払われ，龍光院書院内の茶室・密庵席には特にこの一幅のみを飾るための密庵床（みったんどこ）という場所が設けられている。
English: Calligraphy by Chinese Yuan Dynasty Zen monk Zhuxian Fanxian ('Jikusen Bonsen' in Japanese) who worked for around 20 years to promote the Japan Zenrin temple and the later Gozan literature (Chinese poetry composed by Zen monks of the five great Zen temples of Kyoto from end of the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period).
Japanese: およそ20年間にわたり日本禅林の振興に力を注ぎ，後の五山文学(鎌倉末期～室町時代の京都五山の禅僧の手になる漢詩文)興隆の基礎を築いた中国・元の禅僧である竺仙梵僊（じくせんぼんせん）の墨蹟である。
English: Of the surviving calligraphy works by Jikusen Bonsen, this piece can be said to be highly representative of his bold style with both large characters and width.
Japanese: 現存する竺仙梵僊の墨蹟中で大字・大幅であり、彼の闊達な書法を示す代表作といえる。
English: Yohen Tenmoku refers to articles on which large and small spots appear on the black glaze on the surface to create a rainbow-like sparkle.
Japanese: 曜変天目は黒釉の表面に大小の斑紋が現れ、虹のようにきらめくものである。
English: Yohen Tenmoku items are extremely rare and only handed down from generation to generation in Japan, with only three or four being passed down including this bowl.
Japanese: 曜変天目の遺品はきわめて稀少で、世界で日本のみに伝世し、本碗を含め3碗ないし4碗が伝世するのみとされている。
English: Until the Meiji Restoration, Ryoko-in Temple served as an ancestral temple of the Takamatsu-no-Miya and Arisugawa-no-Miya families and has the graves of successive family heads from the first generation Imperial Prince Yoshihito Takamatsu-no-Miya to the eighth generation Imperial Prince Tsunahito Arisugawa-no-Miya.
Japanese: 龍光院は明治維新まで高松宮・有栖川宮家の菩提寺であり、初代・高松宮好仁親王から第8代・有栖川宮韶仁親王までの歴代墓所がある。
English: However, the second generation Imperial Prince Yoshihito ascended to the throne to become the Emperor Gosai and is therefore buried at Senyu-ji Temple as opposed to Ryoko-in Temple.
Japanese: （ただし、第2代・良仁親王は践祚して後西天皇となったため、龍光院ではなく泉涌寺に葬られている）
English: Hoshun-in Temple is a sub-temple located within the precinct of Rinzai sect Daihonzan (Head Temple) Daitoku-ji Temple in Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 芳春院（ほうしゅんいん）は京都府京都市北区(京都市)紫野にある、臨済宗大本山大徳寺の塔頭（たっちゅう）である。
English: Hoshun-in Temple was founded in 1608 by Matsuko (Matsu, Hoshunin), the wife of Toshiie MAEDA who was founder of the Kaga Domain with a value of one million koku, who named Gyokushitsu Sohaku as first chief priest.
Japanese: 慶長13年（1608年）に玉室宗珀（ぎょくしつそうはく）を開祖として加賀藩百万石の祖・前田利家の夫人・松子(まつ，芳春院)が建立。
English: At the time of its founding, the temple was a gathering place for numerous court nobles, warrior households and tea ceremony masters - making it the birthplace of Kanei era culture.
Japanese: 開創期には多くの公家、武家、茶人等が集まり、寛永文化の発信地ともなった。
English: The original buildings were destroyed by fire in 1796 but the currently standing kyakuden (guest hall), kuri (monks' living quarters) and Donkokaku pavilion were rebuilt two years later.
Japanese: 寛政8年（1796年）の火災により創建当時の建物が焼失するが、2年後に現在も残る客殿・庫裡・呑湖閣などが再建された。
English: The temple was closed amidst the chaos of the anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji period but was eventually revived in 1875.
Japanese: 明治期には廃仏毀釈の嵐の中で荒廃するが、明治8年（1875年）になってようやく復興される。
English: An elegant two-storey timber building built by Enshu KOBORI in 1617 at the request of Toshiie MAEDA's son Toshinaga MAEDA that is considered to be one of the four great pavilions of Kyoto along with Kinkaku-ji Temple, Ginkaku-ji Temple and Hiunkaku.
Japanese: 元和(日本)3年(1617年)に前田利家の子・前田利長が小堀遠州に依頼して建てたものと伝えられる優美な二重楼閣で、金閣寺・銀閣寺・飛雲閣と並び京の四閣と称されている。
English: Said to express the enormity of nature in which the water that flows from a mountain stream eventually returns to the ocean.
Japanese: 山渓から流れ出る水がやがて大海に帰る自然の大らかさを表現したものといわれる。
English: The temple is referred to as 'The Grand Head Temple of the West' in contrast to the sohonzan (grand head temple) of the Rokujo lineage on Mt. Minobe in the east which has approximately 700 branch temples.
Japanese: 旧門末寺約700を有する六条門流の総本山で東の身延山に対し「西の総本山」と呼ばれている。
English: September 1253: Honkoku-ji Temple is founded as a Hokke-do hall of Matsubagayatsu in Kamakura.
Japanese: 建長5年（1253年）8月-鎌倉松葉ヶ谷の法華堂を前身として創建する。
English: June 23, 1345: Acting on the order of the Emperor Kogen, the temple is relocated to Rokujo-dori Street in Kyoto by Nichijo who left the Uesugi clan to enter the Buddhist priesthood, and the name is changed to Honkoku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 貞和元年（1345年）5月15日-光厳天皇の勅諚により、上杉氏から出家した日静が京都六条通に移転させ、本國寺と改称。
English: 1536: Destroyed by fire in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance and followers flee to Joju-ji Temple in Sakai City.
Japanese: 天文(元号)5年（1536年）-天文法華の乱で焼失し、堺の成就寺に避難する。
English: 1568: Becomes the temporary residence (Rokujo Palace) of Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA who returned to Kyoto with the support of Nobunaga ODA.
Japanese: 永禄11年（1568年）-織田信長の支持によって再上洛を果たした足利義昭の仮居所（六条御所）となる。
English: 1569: Yoshiaki attacked by the Miyoshi Sanninshu (Miyoshi Triumvirate) (Honkoku-ji Temple Rebellion) and Nobunaga ODA constructs the more defensive Nijo Palace (Nijo-jo Castle) into which Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA moves.
Japanese: 永禄12年（1569年）-義昭が三好三人衆の攻撃を受け（本國寺の変）、防衛上より堅固な二条御所（二条城）を信長が普請し、義昭をそちらに移す。
English: 1685: Mitsukuni TOKUGAWA grants the temple the use of the alternative "Kuni" character from his name and this is incorporated into the name of the temple.
Japanese: 貞享2年（1685年）-徳川光圀から圀の一字を下され、本圀寺となる。
English: 1863: Gonnosuke KUROBE and others, grand chamberlain of the Tottori Domain, who are residing at the temple are attacked and assassinated by Kagetomo KAWADA's twenty samurai of Inaba
Japanese: 文久3年（1863年）-宿泊中の鳥取藩側用人・黒部権之介ら、河田景与ら因幡二十士に襲われ、暗殺される。
English: 1971: Relocated to its current site by 63rd chief priest Nichizui ITO.
Japanese: 昭和46年（1971年）-宗門特選中興63世伊藤日瑞貫首代に現在地に移転
English: 16 sub-temples remain at the old side in Horikawa (Shorin-in, Zuiun-in, Ichion-in, Senryo-in, Ryoen-in, Kanji-in, Shoyo-in, Rinsho-in, Honmyo-in, Chimyo-in, Honjitsu-in, Shinnyo-in, Ryoko-in, Chiryo-in, Chiko-in, Kyusei-in).
Japanese: 塔頭は現在も堀川の旧地に十六院残っている（松林院、瑞雲院、一音院、詮量院、了円院、勧持院、松陽院、林昌院、本妙院、智妙院、本實院、真如院、了光院、智了院、智光院、久成院）。
English: Myoken-ji Temple is a Daihonzan (head temple) of the Nichiren Sect located in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 妙顕寺（みょうけんじ）は、京都府京都市上京区にある、日蓮宗の大本山。
English: The temple has 9 sub-temples (Kuhon-in, Jujo-in, Senmyo-in, Hoon-in, Onmei-in, Zengyo-in, Honmyo-in, Jissei-in, Kyoho-in).
Japanese: 塔頭が九院ある（久本院、十乗院、泉妙院、法音院、恩命院、善行院、本妙院、實成院、教法院）。
English: In 1321, Nichizo (1269-1342) was granted a temple estate by the Emperor Godaigo on which he founded the Myoken-ji Temple as the first Nichiren Sect site in Kyoto at Imakoji Lane near Mikawa (Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City).
Japanese: 元亨元年（1321年）に日像（1269-1342）が後醍醐天皇より寺領を賜り、京都における日蓮宗最初の道場として御溝傍今小路（京都市上京区）に妙顕寺を建立した。
English: It was relocated to Shijo-dori Street and Tansu-dori Street (in present-day Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City) in 1341 during the time of 2nd chief priest Myojitsu.
Japanese: 2世妙実の時、暦応4年（1341年）に四条通櫛笥通（現京都市中京区）に移転。
English: The temple was moved again in 1393 to Sanjobomon Horikawa (in present-day Horikawa-dori Oike-dori Streets, Nakagyo Ward) and renamed to Myohon-ji Temple but the original name was restored in 1519.
Japanese: さらに明徳4年（1393年）には三条坊門堀川（現中京区堀川通御池通）に移転し妙本寺と改称するが、永正16年（1519年）には元の寺名に戻っている。
English: Myoken-ji Temple prospered of the main temple of the twenty one head temples of the Nichiren Sect in central Kyoto but was destroyed by fire in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance of 1536 and the followers fled to the city of Sakai.
Japanese: 日蓮宗の洛中二十一本山の中心として栄えるが、天文5年（1536年）に天文法華の乱で焼失し、堺に避難する。
English: The followers were allowed to return to Kyoto in 1542 and they rebuilt the temple at Nijo-dori Street and Nishinotoin-dori Street.
Japanese: 帰洛を許されるのは天文11年（1542年）で、二条通西洞院通に再建した。
English: The temple was destroyed in the Great Fire of the Tenmei era in 1788 but reconstructed soon after.
Japanese: 天明8年（1788年）には天明の大火により焼失するがその後再建された。
English: Kegon-ji Temple is a temple belonging to the Rinzai Sect located in Nishigyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 妙徳山華厳寺（みょうとくさん　けごんじ）は京都府京都市西京区にある臨済宗の寺院。
English: Its formal name is Kegon-ji Temple but is commonly known as Suzumushi-dera Temple after the bell crickets (suzumushi) that are reared all year round.
Japanese: 正式名称は華厳寺であるが、スズムシを四季を通して飼育しているため、通称鈴虫寺（すずむしでら）と呼ばれている。
English: The temple is renowned for its garden with numerous varieties of bamboo, a Kofuku Jizo (happiness Jozo deity) wearing straw sandals that is said will grant only one wish, the hospitality of tea and cakes provided to visitors by the monks as well as suzumushi (bell cricket) sermons, and is an example of a Kyoto temple that has been successful in working to actively attract visitors.
Japanese: 様々な種類の竹を集めた庭園や、わらじをはき、願い事を一つだけ叶えるという「幸福地蔵」、僧侶による参拝者への茶菓のもてなしと鈴虫説法等も有名で、京都市内の寺院の中でも特に積極的な拝観者招致策を展開し、成功した例としても知られる。
English: The hydrangea garden in which over 3,500 of the flowers can be seen is open in June and July.
Japanese: 6月から7月にかけて紫陽花園が公開され、3,500株にもおよぶ紫陽花が見もの。
English: The main sanctuary (center shrine) enshrines the main deities of Susanoo, Wakeikazuchi no mikoto, Yamato Takeru, the Emperor Ojin, the Empress Jingu, TAKEUCHI no Sukune and the Emperor Nintoku; the eastern sanctuary (eastern shrine) enshrines the Emperor Tenmu and the Emperor Sudo Jinkei (Imperial Prince Toneri); the western sanctuary (western shrine) enshrines the Emperor Sudo (Imperial Prince Sawara), the Imperial Prince Iyo and the Imperial Princess Inoue.
Japanese: 本殿（中座）に主祭神・スサノオと別雷命・ヤマトタケル・応神天皇・神功皇后・武内宿禰・仁徳天皇、東殿（東座）に天武天皇・崇道尽敬皇帝（舎人親王）、西殿（西座）に崇道天皇（早良親王）・伊予親王・井上内親王を祀る。
English: According to shrine legend, Fujinomori-jinja Shrine originated in the year 203 after the triumphant return of Empress Jingu from the military invasion of the Three Kingdoms of Korea when she placed in a mound the battle flags and military equipment at Fujinomori, Fukakusanosato, Yamashiro Province and held a religious service.
Japanese: 社伝では、神功皇后3年（203年）、三韓征伐から凱旋した神功皇后が、山城国・深草の里の藤森に纛旗（とうき、いくさ旗）を立て、兵具を納め、塚を作り、祭祀を行ったのが当社の発祥であるとしている。
English: The current site of Fujinomori-jinja Shrine was originally that of Mahataki-jinja Shrine (present-day Jonan-gu Shrine) and at that time Mahataki-jinja Shrine was relocated to the site on which it currently stands.
Japanese: なお、現在地は元は真幡寸神社（現城南宮）の社地であり、この際に真幡寸神社も現在地に遷座した。
English: The eastern sanctuary was founded as a shrine enshrining the Emperor Sudo Jinkei (Imperial Prince Toneri) at Fujinoo in the year 759 and was originally named Fujinoo-sha Shrine.
Japanese: 東殿は、天平宝字3年（759年）に藤尾の地に崇道尽敬皇帝（舎人親王）を祀る神社として創建されたもので、元は藤尾社と称していた。
English: The western sanctuary was founded as a shrine enshrining Imperial Prince Sawara at Tsukamoto in 800 and merged with Fujinomori-jinja Shrine in 1470.
Japanese: 西殿は、延暦19年（800年）に早良親王を祀る神社として塚本の地に創建され、文明(日本)2年（1470年）に当社に合祀された。
English: When a revolt broke out in Mutsu Province, Imperial Prince Sawara served as general of the forces sent to quell the uprising and he prayed for victory at the shrine.
Japanese: 陸奥で反乱が起こったとき、早良親王は征討将軍となり当社に詣でて戦勝を祈願した。
English: 5 minutes walk from 'JR Fujimori Station' on the JR Nara Line or 'Sumizome Station' on the Keihan Electric Railway Main Line.
Japanese: JR奈良線「JR藤森駅」下車徒歩5分　もしくは　京阪本線「墨染駅」下車徒歩5分
English: The main enshrined deities are the Emperor Ojin, the Emperor Chuai and the Empress Jingu (Hachiman-shin) which are accompanied by the Emperor Chukyo who is enshrined in the left-aidono and Shiinetsuhiko no okami (the god for the pottery) in the right-aidono.
Japanese: 応神天皇・仲哀天皇・神功皇后（八幡神）を主祭神とし、左相殿に仲恭天皇、右相殿に椎根津彦大神（陶祖神）を配祀する。
English: Wakamiya Hachiman-gu Shrine was founded 1053 in Rokujo Samegai by Yoriyoshi MINAMOTO under the imperial order of the Emperor Goreizei due to the first year of the Age of Dharma Decline according to Buddha's teachings.
Japanese: 天喜元年（1053年）、仏説による末法思想の世の1年目にあたることから、後冷泉天皇の勅願により源頼義が六条左女牛井(さめがい)の地に造営し、創建された。
English: The shrine later became deeply revered by the Minamoto clan following the success of Yoriyoshi MINAMOTO and his son Yoshiie MINAMOTO during the Zenkunen War, and it became customary for Kamakura Imperial Princes and successive shogun families to visit.
Japanese: その後前九年の役で源頼義、源義家親子が大功をたてたことから源氏に厚く崇敬され、鎌倉親王家ならびに将軍家代々の社参が恒例となる。
English: Special grand festivals were held during visits made to the shrine by Yoritomo MINAMOTO in 1190 and 1195 who granted the shrine estates in numerous provinces and made offerings of sacred treasures.
Japanese: 建久元年(1190年)と同6年の源頼朝上洛社参時には臨時の大祭を斎行し、諸国に神領を寄せ神宝を奉納した。
English: Successive generations of the Ashikaga Shogun family also visited the shrine, with Takauji ASHIKAGA offering seven kinds of sacred treasures and a letter officially recognizing the shrine's fiefdom, and Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA dedicating to the shrine 51 areas of land.
Japanese: 足利将軍家も代々社参し、足利尊氏は七種の神宝、足利尊氏は社領知行安堵状、足利義政は五拾壱ヶ所の地所を奉納した。
English: The shrine buildings were damaged by fire during the Onin War but were rebuilt using donations solicited from the warrior households of numerous provinces at the request of Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA and Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: 応仁の乱では社殿が炎上したが、足利義輝及び足利義昭発起により諸国の武家に寄附を募り、再建された。
English: In addition, sacred land, sacred horses and tachi swords were donated by, among others, Nobunaga ODA, Yoshitaka OUCHI, the three houses of the Mori clan, the Hosokawa clan, the Miyoshi clan and the Asakura clan,
Japanese: ほか織田信長、大内義隆、毛利氏三家、細川氏、三好氏、朝倉氏などより神地、神馬、太刀等を奉納される。
English: As a result of the reconstruction of Kyoto by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, Wakamiya Hachiman-gu Shrine was relocated to the place where the sacred palanquin was lodged during festivals in Higashiyama in 1583, and moved again to the north of Hoko-ji Temple in 1588.
Japanese: 天正11年（1583年）、豊臣秀吉による京都改造により御旅所のあった東山に移り、16年には方広寺の北に移る。
English: In 1615, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA granted the shrine an estate with a value of over 73-koku, 8-masu (approximately 11,000 kg of rice).
Japanese: 元和(日本)元年（1615年）、徳川家康より神領七十三石八斗余を寄進される。
English: A new shrine building was constructed in 1654 at the will of Retired Emperor Gomizunoo, son of the Emperor Gokomyo.
Japanese: 承応3年(1654年)、後光明天皇が父後水尾上皇の考えにより社殿を造営。
English: In 1877, the Department of the Imperial Household transferred the divine spirit of the Emperor Chukyo from Tsukamoto-sha Shrine in Honmachi juroku chome and enshrined at Wakamiya Hachiman-gu Shrine.
Japanese: 明治10年（1877年）、宮内省によって本町十六丁目の塚本社から仲恭天皇の神霊が奉還される。
English: Saiin Kasuga-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 西院春日神社（さいいんかすがじんじゃ）は、京都市右京区にある神社である。
English: Saiin Kasuga-jinja Shrine was founded in 833 as a guardian shrine for the Junna-in Villa (also named "Sai-in" and the origin of the name of the local area) into which the Emperor Junna moved when he ascended to the throne.
Japanese: 淳和天皇が退位に伴ない淳和院離宮（別名西院・この付近の地名である西院の由来となった）へ居を移すに際し、天長10年（833年）にその守護社として創建された。
English: The remains of Junna-in were excavated in the vicinity of the shrine and it is known that the imperial villa was of a large scale.
Japanese: 付近では当時の淳和院の遺構が発掘されており、規模の大きな離宮であったことが判明している。
English: The Modoroki-jinja sub-shrine within the main precinct is known for the enshrined Modoroki okami who is believed to grant safety when travelling.
Japanese: 境内社である還来神社（もどろきじんじゃ）は、還来大神として知られており、旅行の安全にご利益があるとされる。
English: During the World War II the shrine was visited by the family members of soldiers leaving for the front to pray for their safe return.
Japanese: また先の大戦中には、出征兵士の無事帰還を願う家族が多数訪れたという。
English: A monument to invocate the spirits of those from the Saiin region who died in conflicts following the Sino-Japanese War stands within the precinct.
Japanese: 境内には、日清戦争以降の戦争における西院地区の戦没者を祀る招魂碑が建てられている。
English: This was originally erected near to the Keifuku Electric Railroad Saiin Station in 1901 but was relocated to the shrine precinct and the stone changed in 1928.
Japanese: 元は明治34年（1901年）に京福電気鉄道西院駅付近に建てられたものが昭和3年（1928年）に境内へ移設され、後に碑の石を改築したものである。
English: This grand festival takes place on the second Sunday in October and features a parade of two portable shrines (each weighing approximately 2 tons) and five kenboko (decorated spear-like poles) accompanied by shrine parishioners, local residents and a drum and fife band.
Japanese: 10月第2日曜に行われる祭で、東組、西組2基（それぞれ約2トン）の神輿や氏子町内からの5基の剣鉾、鼓笛隊などの盛大な巡行が行なわれる。
English: Gansen-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Shingon Ritsu Sect located in Kamo-cho, Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 岩船寺（がんせんじ）は京都府木津川市加茂町にある真言律宗の寺院である。
English: Administratively the area is part of Kyoto Prefecture but is geographically close to Nara and was culturally influenced strongly by the southern capital of Nara.
Japanese: この地区は行政的には京都府に属するが、地理的には奈良に近く、文化的にも南都の影響が強いとされている。
English: In the vicinity of Gansen-ji Temple and Joruri-ji Temple is the Tono Sekibutsu-gun which consists of numerous stone pagodas and stone Buddhist images (many having been carved directly into natural rock faces) of which most date from during the Kamakura period, including many with Kamakura period inscriptions.
Japanese: 岩船寺、浄瑠璃寺付近には当尾石仏群と称される鎌倉時代を中心とした石仏（多くは自然の岩壁に直接刻んだ磨崖仏）や石塔が多数残り、その中には鎌倉時代の銘記を有するものも多い。
English: During the middle ages, Tono was inhabited by many monks who had left the urban hustle and bustle to devote themselves to ascetic practices, and it is said that many temples were built in the area, of which the stone Buddhist images and pagodas that can be seen today are the remains.
Japanese: 当尾には中世には、都会の喧騒を離れて修行に専念する僧が多数居住し、多くの寺院が建てられたと言われ、今に残る石仏・石塔群はその名残りであるといわれている。
English: According to Gansen-ji Temple legend, it was founded in 729 by Gyoki according to the will of the Emperor Shomu.
Japanese: 岩船寺は寺伝によると天平元年（729年）に聖武天皇の発願により行基が建立したと伝わる。
English: In the year 806 at the beginning of Heian period, Kukai's (Kobo Daishi) nephew Chisen became chief priest and constructed Hoon-in as a seminary for conducting the Denbo Kanjo (an esoteric Buddhism rite).
Japanese: その後、平安時代初期の大同(日本)元年（806年）に空海（弘法大師）の甥・智泉（ちせん）が入り、伝法灌頂（密教の儀式）の道場として報恩院を建立した。
English: After the birth of the future Emperor Ninmyo after Emperor Saga prayed at the temple for a son in the year 813, the Emperor Saga's wife had a temple complex constructed and the institution was named Gansen-ji Temple.
Japanese: 弘仁4年（813年）には嵯峨天皇が皇子誕生を祈念して後の仁明天皇を授かったので、嵯峨天皇の皇后が伽藍を整え、岩船寺と称するようになったという。
English: The above account is merely temple legend and the precise time and circumstances of the temple's founding remain unclear due to the destruction of the ancient records in a fire during the middle ages.
Japanese: 以上はあくまでも寺伝であり、中世以降の火災で古記録が失われているため、草創の正確な時期や事情ははっきりしていない。
English: The principal image seated statue of Amida Nyorai is large at over 2.8 m in height and it is assumed from the internal inscription dating from the year 946 that Gansen-ji Temple had become an extremely large temple by the middle of the 10th century at the latest.
Japanese: なお、本尊の阿弥陀如来坐像は坐高2.8メートルを超える大作であり、像内に天慶9年（946年）の銘記があることから、遅くとも10世紀半ばには岩船寺はかなりの規模の寺院であったと推定される。
English: The majority of the temple buildings were destroyed by fire in the Jokyu Disturbance of 1221 but some of the structures including the three-storey pagoda were rebuilt during the Muromachi period.
Japanese: 承久3年（1221年）の承久の変の兵火により建物のほとんどを焼失するが、室町時代に三重塔などが再建される。
English: Main hall: The building reconstructed in 1987 that houses the Heian period seated statue of Amida Nyorai.
Japanese: 本堂－昭和62年（1987年）に再建された建物で、平安時代の阿弥陀如来坐像が安置されている。
English: Three-storey pagoda (Important Cultural Property): A three-story pagoda constructed in 1442 during the Muromachi period of which the ground level has raigobashira (circular pillars right and left at each corner of the Buddhist altar), a shumidan (timber altar) and a wall erected behind the shumidan the two rear raigobashira.
Japanese: 三重塔（重要文化財）－室町時代の嘉吉2年（1442年）に建立された三重塔で、初重の内部には来迎柱を立て、須弥壇と来迎壁を設ける。
English: Thirteen-storey pagoda (Important Cultural Property): A 6.2 meter high thirteen-storey pagoda consisting of 13 layered coping stones that was constructed during the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 十三重石塔（重要文化財）－13個の笠石を積み重ねた高さ6.2ｍの十三重塔で、鎌倉時代に建立された。
English: An image of Fudo Myoo is engraved in the inner wall and there are two square posts that stand to the right and left to support the hipped roof.
Japanese: 奥壁には不動明王像を刻み、手前左右に2本の角柱を立て、これらで寄棟屋根を支える。
English: Hakusan-jinja Shrine and Kasuga-jinja Shrine stand on the mountain to the rear of the temple precinct, and the main sanctuary of Hakusan-jinja Shrine on the left when viewed from the front is an Important Cultural Property (constructed during the Muromachi period).
Japanese: なお、境内の裏山には白山神社と春日神社の社殿が並んで建ち、向かって左の白山神社本殿は重要文化財である（室町時代建立）。
English: The statue is large at over 2.8 m in height and inside is an ink inscription reading 'Year 9 of the XX era' in which the era name is illegible but it is known from the oriental zodiac to year 9 of the Tengyo era (946).
Japanese: 坐高2.8メートルを超える大作で、像内に「□□九年」と読める墨書があり、年号の部分は判読不能だが、干支から天慶9年（946年）とわかる。
English: With a gentle facial expression yet a boldly crafted body, this is elegant Buddha statue in the Jocho style of the transition period between the early and latter parts Heian period.
Japanese: 表情は穏やかだが、体躯は全体に太造りで、平安初期彫刻から平安後期の定朝様の優美な仏像への過渡期に位置する像である。
English: Take the Nara Kotsu Bus from JR Yamatoji Line Nara Station or Kintetsu Nara Station, alight at 'Gansenji Guchi' bus stop and walk for 25 minutes.
Japanese: JR大和路線奈良駅・近鉄奈良駅より奈良交通バス「岩船寺口」下車、徒歩25分
English: Sonokarakami-no-yashiro Shrine is a generic name for Sono-jinja Shrine (also pronounced Sonokami-no-yashiro Shrine) and Kara-jinja Shrine (also pronounced Karakami-no-yashiro Shrine).
Japanese: 園韓神社（そのからかみのやしろ）は、園神社（そのじんじゃ、そのかみのやしろ）及び韓神社（からじんじゃ、からかみのやしろ）の総称。
English: Sono-jinja Shrine and Kara-jinja Shrine once stood within the imperial palace of the Imperial Household Department in the city of Heian-kyo.
Japanese: 園神社、韓神社は、いずれも平安京の宮中、宮内省内に鎮座していた神社である。