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English: Ensho-ji Temple is a monzeki temple (a temple of high rank where members of Imperial Family and nobility enter the priesthood) which belongs to the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect called Yamato Three Monzeki as well as Chugu-ji Temple in Ikaruga-cho and Hokke-ji Temple in Saho were.
Japanese: 斑鳩町の中宮寺、佐保の法華寺と共に大和三門跡と呼ばれる臨済宗妙心寺派に属する門跡寺院。
English: It is said that Ensho-ji Temple was a model of 'Gesshu-ji Temple,' which often appears in Yukio MISHIMA's novel, "Hojo no Umi" (The Sea of Fertility).
Japanese: 三島由紀夫の小説『豊饒の海』に再三登場する「月修寺」は、圓照寺をモデルに描かれているとされる。
English: In 1640, Princess Bunchi (childhood name Ume-no-miya), who was the first daughter of Emperor Gomizunoo, became Daitsu Bunchi (knowledgeable person, Bunchi) after becoming a nun at the age of 22, regarding Buccho Kokushi (the most reverend priest of the principal Buddha) as her mentor.
Japanese: 寛永17年（1640年）、後水尾天皇の第1皇女であった文智女王（幼名、梅宮）が、22歳で仏頂国師を師として出家し、大通文智となる。
English: In 1641, Daitsu Bunchi made a thatched hut in Shugakuin, Kyoto.
Japanese: 寛永18年（1641年）、大通文智が、京都の修学院の地に草庵を結んだ。
English: In 1656, it was named Yashima Gosho (Yashima Imperial Palace) after moving to Yashima Village, Sonokami-no-kori County, Yamato Province, which was donated 200 koku (55.6 cubic meters) (later increased to 300 koku (83.4 cubic meters)) and Sen-ryo (a thousand-ryo) of gold by the government with support of her stepmother, Chugu Tofukumonin (a daughter of Hidetada TOKUGAWA) since the hut was forced to relocate due to building Shugakuin Rikyu (Shugakuin Rikyu Imperial Villa) by Emperor.
Japanese: 明暦2年（1656年）、天皇による修学院離宮の造営によって移転を迫られ、継母である中宮東福門院（徳川秀忠の娘）の助力により、幕府から200石（のちに300石に加増）、金1,000両の寄進を得て、大和国添上郡八嶋の地に移り、八嶋御所と称した。
English: Kinpusen-ji Temple, located in Yoshino-cho, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture, is a Buddhist temple of Shgendo lineage.
Japanese: 金峯山寺（きんぷせんじ）は、奈良県吉野郡吉野町にある修験道系の仏教寺院。
English: Mt. Yoshino where Kinpusen-ji Temple is located has been known for beautiful cherry blossoms since ancient times and was the center of the Southern Court during the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan).
Japanese: 金峯山寺の所在する吉野山は、古来桜の名所として知られ、南北朝時代(日本)には南朝の中心地でもあった。
English: "Kinpusen Mountain" was not a name for a single mountain ridge but comprehensively referred to a sacred area in the mountains covering Mt. Yoshino (Yoshino-cho, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture) and Mt. Sanjogatake (Amakawa Mura, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture), a mountain located twenty kilometers south of Mt. Yoshino and belonging to the system of Mt. Omine.
Japanese: 「金峯山」とは、単独の峰の呼称ではなく、吉野山（奈良県吉野郡吉野町）と、その南方20数キロの大峯山系に位置する山上ヶ岳（奈良県吉野郡天川村）を含む山岳霊場を包括した名称であった。
English: Yoshino and Omine have long been a secret place for mountain worship since ancient times and attracted many worshipers as a sacred site since the Heian period.
Japanese: 吉野・大峯は古代から山岳信仰の聖地であり、平安時代以降は霊場として多くの参詣人を集めてきた。
English: The sacred site in Yoshino and Omine constitutes a component of the world heritage "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range," along with Koyasan, Kumano Sanzan (three major shrines, Kumano-Hongu-Taisha, Kumano-Hayatama-Taisha and Kumano-Nachi-Taisha) in Wakayama Prefecture, and Pilgrimage routes that connect these sacred sites.
Japanese: 吉野・大峯の霊場は、和歌山県の高野山と熊野三山、及びこれら霊場同士を結ぶ巡礼路とともに世界遺産「紀伊山地の霊場と参詣道」の構成要素となっている。
English: Kinpusen-ji Temple, located in Mt. Yoshino, south of Nara Prefecture, is reported to have been founded by EN no Ozunu, a semi-legendary practitioner of austerities in mountains and forests.
Japanese: 奈良県南部の吉野山に位置する金峯山寺は、7世紀に活動した伝説的な山林修行者・役小角（えんのおづぬ）が開創したと伝えられる。
English: Mt. Yoshino where Kinpusen-ji Temple is located contains many other shrines and temple, such as Yoshimizu-jinja Shrine, Nyoirin-ji Temple, Chikurin-in Temple (Yoshinocho), Sakuramoto-bo, Kizo-in, Yoshino-mikumari-jinja Shrine, and Kinpu-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 金峯山寺のある吉野山には吉水神社、如意輪寺、竹林院(吉野町)、桜本坊（さくらもとぼう）、喜蔵院、吉野水分神社、金峯神社など、他にも多くの社寺が存在する。
English: "Mt. Yoshino" is not a name for a mountain ridge but for an extensive area where these shrines and temples are scattered.
Japanese: 「吉野山」とは、1つの峰を指す名称ではなく、これらの社寺が点在する山地の広域地名である。
English: In addition, there is Ominesan-ji Temple twenty kilometers from Mt. Yoshino and close to the top of Mt. Sanjogatake (1,719 meters) in Amakawa Mura, Yoshino County.
Japanese: また、吉野山の20数キロ南方、吉野郡天川村の山上ヶ岳（1,719メートル）の山頂近くには大峯山寺（おおみねさんじ）がある。
English: Kinpusen-ji Temple in Mt. Yoshino and Ominesan-ji Temple in Mt. Sanjogatake have been divided into separate temples since modern times, but they had an inseparable relationship with each other with the former being called "Sange no Zao-do" and the latter "Sanjo no Zao-do."
Japanese: 吉野山の金峯山寺と山上ヶ岳の大峯山寺とは、近代以降は分離して別個の寺院になっているが、近世までは前者を「山下（さんげ）の蔵王堂」、後者を山上の蔵王堂と呼び、両者は不可分のものであった。
English: Both Sange and Sanjo Zao-do and related branch temples were at first collectively called "Kinpusen-ji Temple."
Japanese: 「金峯山寺」とは本来、山上山下の2つの蔵王堂と関連の子院などを含めた総称であった。
English: In Japan where mountainous districts occupy seventy percent of the land, mountains have been regarded as sacred places.
Japanese: 国土の7割を山地が占める日本においては、山は古くから聖なる場所とされていた。
English: In particular, Yoshino and Omine of southern Nara Prefecture and Kumano Sanzan (three major shrines, Kumano-Hongu-Taisha, Kumano-Hayatama-Taisha and Kumano-Nachi-Taisha) in Wakayama Prefecture have been long regarded as sacred places for a mountain religion, and practitioner training Buddhism in mountains and forests called yamabushi and ascetic Buddhist monk were engaged in activities there.
Japanese: 中でも奈良県南部の吉野・大峯や和歌山県の熊野三山は、古くから山岳信仰の霊地とされ、山伏、修験者などと呼ばれる山林修行者が活動していた。
English: Shugendo was developed as an mountain religion unique to Japan through incorporation of Shinto religion, Buddhism, Taoism, and so forth.
Japanese: こうした日本古来の山岳信仰が神道、仏教、道教などと習合し、日本独自の宗教として発達をとげたのが修験道である。
English: EN no Ozunu widely known in the name of EN no Gyoja was born in present-day Gose City, Nara Prefecture in the early seventh century and practiced asceticism in Yamato Katsuragi Mountain located in the boundary between Yamato Province and Kawachi Province.
Japanese: 役行者（えんのぎょうじゃ）の呼び名で広く知られる役小角は、7世紀前半に今の奈良県御所市に生まれ、大和国と河内国の境にある大和葛城山で修行した。
English: In addition to Kinpusen-ji Temple, there are a large number of temples from Western Nara Prefecture through Osaka Prefecture, believed to have been founded by EN no Gyoja.
Japanese: 奈良県西部から大阪府にかけての地域には金峯山寺以外にも役行者開創を伝える寺院が数多く存在する。
English: The 699-year section of "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicle of Japan Continued) describes that EN no Ozunu were condemned to exile to Izu.
Japanese: 『続日本紀』の文武天皇3年（699年）の条には、役小角が伊豆へ流罪になったという記述がある。
English: This proves that EN no Ozunu was a real person, but no official history remains except for this article of "Shoku Nihongi" describing his achievement.
Japanese: このことから役小角が実在の人物であったことはわかるが、正史に残る役小角の事績としては『続日本紀』のこの記事が唯一のものである。
English: His superhuman image was formed in the minds of people of later generations with the development of Shugendo and a mountain religion.
Japanese: 彼の超人的イメージは修験道や山岳信仰の発達とともに後世の人々によって形成されていったものである。
English: Kinpusen-ji Temple is believed to be the base temple for Shugendo founded by EN no Gyoja, but EN no Gyoja himself is a semi-legendary person as mentioned above.
Japanese: 金峯山寺は役行者が創立した修験道の根本寺院とされているが、前述のように役行者自体が半ば伝説化された人物である。
English: Therefore it cannot help being considered as unclear what precisely lay behind the foundation of Kinpusen-ji Temple, when it was founded, and what the temple was like upon foundation.
Japanese: そのため、金峯山寺草創の正確な事情、時期、創立当初どのような寺院であったかなどについては不詳と言わざるをえない。
English: The principal images of Kinpusen-ji Temple and Ominesan-ji Temple--the central object of worship--are unique deities called Zao Gongen that are between Buddha of Buddhism and the gods of Shinto religion.
Japanese: 金峯山寺および大峯山寺の本尊であり、中心的な信仰対象となっているのは、蔵王権現という、仏教の仏とも神道の神ともつかない、独特の尊格である。
English: They carry flame, had a forelock standing on end and eyes turning upward at the corners, open mouths, express anger, one leg lifted up stepping on empty space.
Japanese: 火焔を背負い、頭髪は逆立ち、目を吊り上げ、口を大きく開いて忿怒の相を表わし、片足を高く上げて虚空を踏むものである。
English: The images are not originated from India or China but are statues unique to Japan, suggesting that they were created independently under the influence of Esoteric Buddhist sculpture..
Japanese: インドや中国起源ではない、日本独自の尊像であり、密教彫像などの影響を受けて、日本で独自に創造されたものと考えられる。
English: According to a tradition of Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts), EN no Gyoja made Zao Gongen emerge through prayers during ascetic practices in Kimpusen Mountain.
Japanese: 修験道の伝承では、蔵王権現は役行者が金峯山での修行の際に感得した（祈りによって出現させた）ものとされている。
English: Chuko no So (father of restoration) of Kinpusen-ji Temple is believed to be Shobo, a monk of early Heian period, who is known as a founder of Daigo-ji Temple in Kyoto.
Japanese: 金峯山寺の中興の祖とされるのは、平安時代前期の真言宗の僧で、京都の醍醐寺を開いたことでも知られる聖宝（しょうぼう）である。
English: According to the "authentic biography of the priest Shobo," Shobo revived devastated Kimpusen Mountain, put the path to the temple back into good condition, and built a pagoda to enshrine Nyoirin Kannon, Bishamonten, and Kongo Zoo Bosatsu.
Japanese: 『聖宝僧正伝』によれば、聖宝は寛平6年（894年）、荒廃していた金峯山を再興し、参詣路を整備し、堂を建立して如意輪観音、毘沙門天、金剛蔵王菩薩を安置したという。
English: "Kongo Zoo Bosatsu "is Mikkyozon found in Taizosho mandala, one of the Ryokai mandala (Mandalas of the two Realms).
Japanese: 「金剛蔵王菩薩」は両界曼荼羅のうちの胎蔵生曼荼羅に見える密教尊である。
English: On Kimpusen Mountain, Esoteric Buddhism, Mappo-shiso (the "end of the world" belief), and Jodo-shinko (the Pure Land faith) started to merge into mountain worship around this period, attracting people's religious belief.
Japanese: この頃から金峯山は山岳信仰に密教、末法思想、浄土信仰などが融合して信仰を集めた。
English: Well-known people who visited Kinpusen include Uda Emperor (in 900), FUJIWARA no Michinaga (in 1007), FUJIWARA no Moromichi, and Emperor Shirakawa (1092).
Japanese: 金峯山に参詣した著名人には、宇多天皇（昌泰3年・900年）、藤原道長（寛弘4年・1007年）、藤原師通（寛治2年・1088年）白河天皇（寛治6年・1092年）などがいる。
English: In particular FUJIWARA no Michinaga built Kimpusen kyozuka (mound of Buddhist scriptures), known as the oldest kyozuka in Japan, near Zao-do Hall of Sanjo.
Japanese: このうち、藤原道長は山上の蔵王堂付近に金峯山経塚を造営しており、日本最古の経塚として知られている。
English: The buried kyozutsu (a tube in which rolled Buddhist scriptures are kept) was excavated in the Edo era and is stored (as a property of Kinpu-jinja Shrine, Yoshino-cho Nara Prefecture as national treasure).
Japanese: 埋納された経筒は江戸時代に発掘され現存している（奈良県吉野町金峯神社蔵、国宝）。
English: Many kyozuka mounds were built near the summit of Kimpusen Mountain (Mt. Sanjogatake), because Kimpusen Mountain was regarded as a Pure Land of Miroku-butsu (Miroku Buddha)--future Buddha.
Japanese: 金峯山は未来仏である弥勒仏の浄土と見なされ、金峯山（山上ヶ岳）の頂上付近には多くの経塚が造営された。
English: After the end of Medieval period, Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts) was divided into two major groups: the "Honzan school" and "Tozan school"
Japanese: 修験道は中世末期以降、「本山派」と「当山派」の2つに大きく分かれた。
English: This sect mainly acted in Kumano and its Sohonzan (the general head temple) is Shogoin Temple (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), the Jimon School of the Tendai Sect (under the jurisdiction of Onjo-ji Temple).
Japanese: この派は主に熊野で活動し、総本山は天台宗寺門派（園城寺傘下）の聖護院（京都市左京区）である。
English: This sect mainly acted in Yoshino and its Sohonzan was Sanbo-in of Daigo-ji Temple (Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City).
Japanese: 吉野を主な活動地とし、総本山は醍醐寺三宝院（京都市伏見区）であった。
English: Kinpusen-ji Temple having a relationship with Shobo, Chuko no So (father of restoration), had a strong tie with the Tozan school.
Japanese: 金峯山寺は中興の祖である聖宝との関係で、当山派とのつながりが強かった。
English: Kinpusen-ji Temple, in the Medieval Period, had many branch temples in both Sange and Sanjo with many armed priests (called masses of Yoshino).
Japanese: 中世の金峯山寺は山上・山下に多くの子院をもち、多くの僧兵（吉野大衆と呼ばれた）を抱えていた。
English: Their power was said to be as strong as counterparts of Nanto Hokurei (the Buddhism of the temples of Nara and Mt. Hiei) (that refer to armed priests of Kofuku-ji Temple and Enryaku-ji Temple).
Japanese: その勢力は南都北嶺（興福寺と延暦寺の僧兵を指す）にも劣らないといわれた。
English: This military background lay behind the Emperor Godaigo's establishment of the Southern Court during the period of the Northern and Southern Courts, Emperor Godaigo.
Japanese: 南北朝時代、後醍醐天皇が吉野に移り、南朝を興したのにも、こうした軍事的背景があった。
English: In 1614 in the early-modern times, Tenkai, a priest of the Tendai sect (who founded temples in Edo such as Kanei-ji Temple), became Gakuto (head student) of Kinpusen-ji Temple at the order of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: 近世に入って慶長19年（1614年）、徳川家康の命により、天台宗の僧である天海（江戸・寛永寺などの開山）が金峯山寺の学頭になった。
English: The Ordinance Distinguishing Shinto and Buddhism promulgated in 1868 prohibited syncretization of Shinto with Buddhism long beloved in Mt. Yoshino, forcing temples to be abolished or changed into shrines for survival.
Japanese: 1868年（明治元年）発布された神仏分離令によって、長年吉野山で行われてきた神仏習合の信仰は禁止され、寺院は廃寺になるか、神社に名を変えて生き延びるほかなかった。
English: To make it worse, a decree dismissing Shugendo was promulgated in 1872, forcing Kinpusen-ji Temple, the pivotal temple, to be abolished in 1874.
Japanese: 1872年（明治5年）には追い討ちをかけるように修験道廃止令が発布され、1874年（明治7年）には中心寺院の金峯山寺も廃寺に追い込まれた。
English: Later a change to government policy and pleas from the mountaineering asceticism side revived it in 1886 as "the Shugen school of Tendai sect," allowing Kinpusen-ji Temple to be maintained as a temple.
Japanese: その後の政府の施策の変化や、修験道側からの嘆願により、1886年（明治19年）には「天台宗修験派」として修験道の再興が許され、金峯山寺は寺院として存続できることになった。
English: However, Zao-do Hall on Sanjo was separated from Kinpusen-ji Temple in Yoshino to become "Ominesan-ji Temple" and still exists up to now in the twenty-first century.
Japanese: ただし、山上の蔵王堂は「大峯山寺」として、吉野の金峯山寺とは分離され、21世紀に至っている。
English: In 1948 after World War II, the Omine Shugen sect was established independently of the Tendai-shu sect.
Japanese: 第二次大戦後の1948年（昭和23年）、天台宗から独立して大峯修験宗が成立した。
English: In 1952, it changed its name to Kimpusen Shugen Main Sect, and Kinpusen-ji Temple has been the Sohonzan of the sect.
Japanese: 1952年（昭和27年）には金峯山修験本宗と改称、金峯山寺が同宗の総本山となっている。
English: Walking for a while from Yoshinoyama Station of Yoshino Ohmine ke-buru Ropeway bus Co.Ltd, you'll find Kuro-mon gate, So-mon gate of Kinpusen-ji Temple.
Japanese: 吉野大峯ケーブル自動車の吉野山駅を出てしばらく歩くと、金峯山寺の総門である黒門がある。
English: There is Kanenotorii Gate ahead of the gate along the sando (an approach to the temple), upward slop lined with inns, restaurants and souvenir shops.
Japanese: そこから旅館、飲食店、みやげ物店などの並ぶ上り坂の参道を行くと、途中に銅鳥居（かねのとりい）がある。
English: After a ten minute walk from Yoshinoyama Station, you'll see Nio-mon Gate (Deva gate), and the main hall (Zao-do Hall) is seen ahead on a small hill.
Japanese: 吉野山駅から徒歩10分ほどのところに仁王門、その先の小高くなった敷地に本堂（蔵王堂）が建つ。
English: Kuro-mon gate - blackening Koraimon gate, So-mon gate of Kinpusen-ji Temple, can be found after few minutes from Cable-Yoshinoyama Station.
Japanese: 黒門-ケーブル吉野山駅から徒歩数分のところに建つ黒塗りの高麗門で、金峯山寺の総門である。
English: There are four gates-- Hosshinmon gate, shugyomon gate (gate of practice), Togakumon gate, and Myougakumon gate--that represent the four stages to attain enlightenment along the ascetic exercise path from yoshino to Mt. Omine (Mt. Sanjogatake).
Japanese: 吉野から大峯山（山上ヶ岳）までの修行道には発心門、修行門、等覚門、妙覚門という、悟りへの4つの段階を象徴した門が設定されている。
English: It has been handed down that the poles were made of copper, which were left after casting of the statue of Birushana Buddha in Todai-ji Temple, but the existing poles were rebuilt during the Muromachi Period.
Japanese: 東大寺盧舎那仏像を鋳造した際の余りの銅で造ったという伝承があるが、現存するものは室町時代の再興である。
English: Nio-mon Gate (Important Cultural Property) - located north of the main hall (Zao-do Hall), it is a Niju-mon (two-story gate) of irimoya style (building with a half-hipped roof) and hongawarabuki (a style of tile roofing in which round and square tiles are laid down alternately).
Japanese: 仁王門（国宝）－本堂（蔵王堂）の北側に位置する入母屋造、本瓦葺きの二重門。
English: (Niju-mon refers to a two-story gate, having a roof protrusion at the boundary between the first and second floors, too)
Japanese: （二重門とは2階建て門で、1階と2階の境目にも屋根の出をつくるものを指す。）
English: The inscription of a bronze wind bell hanging down at the frontage of a house shows that it was rebuilt in 1456 during the Muromachi Period.
Japanese: 軒先に吊るしていた風鐸（ふうたく）の銘から室町時代の康正2年（1456年）の再興とわかる。
English: The main hall faces south, while the Nio-mon Gate faces north; they stand as if they are turning their backs on each other.
Japanese: 本堂が南を正面とするのに対し、仁王門は北を正面とし、互いに背を向けるように建っている。
English: It is said that they stand as such in consideration of both pilgrims who head for Yoshino from Kumano (south to north and those who head for Kumano from Yoshino (north to south).
Japanese: これは、熊野から吉野へ（南から北へ）向かう巡礼者と吉野から熊野へ（北から南へ）向かう巡礼者の双方に配慮したためという。
English: Main hall (Zao-do Hall) (Important Cultural Property) - It is called Zao-do of Sange as compared to the main hall of Ominesan-ji Temple of Mt. Sanjogatake (Zao-do of Sanjo).
Japanese: 本堂（蔵王堂）（国宝）－山上ヶ岳の大峯山寺本堂（「山上の蔵王堂」）に対し、山下（さんげ）の蔵王堂と呼ばれる。
English: It looks like a two-storied building, but its structure is "furnished with a single pent roof below the true roof."
Japanese: 2階建てのように見えるが構造的には「一重裳階（もこし）付き」である。
English: It was rebuilt by the donations of the Toyotomi family, but the inscription of metal fittings on the door shows that it was rebuilt in 1592.
Japanese: 豊臣家の寄進で再興されたもので、扉金具の銘から天正19年（1592年）の建立とわかる。
English: The architecture is magnificent, second largest in scale of old wooden architectures after the Daibutsu-den Hall (the Great Buddha hall) of Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 木造の古建築としては東大寺大仏殿に次ぐ規模をもつといわれる豪壮な建築である。
English: It is featured by its inner poles made of thick wood that retains its natural shape and bend.
Japanese: 内部の柱には、原木の曲がりを残した自然木に近い柱が使われていることが特色である。
English: There is a large zushi (a cupboard-like case with double doors in which an image of (the) Buddha, a sutra, or some other revered object is kept at a temple) in the naijin (inner sanctuary of a shrine or temple) to enshrine three images of large Zaogongen-zo (Buddhist image normally withheld from public view).
Japanese: 内陣には巨大な厨子があり、本尊として3体の巨大な蔵王権現像（秘仏）を安置する。
English: Four Cherry Trees - Four cherry trees are planted in the stone wall-surrounded area in an open space in front of the main hall.
Japanese: 四本桜-本堂前の広場に石柵で囲まれた一廓があり、4本の桜が植わっている。
English: This is reported to have been the site where Imperial prince Daitonomiya Moriyoshi had the last a feast (a drinking party) before surrendering the castle in an attack by the armed Hojo clan.
Japanese: ここは、元弘3年（1333年）、北条軍に攻められた大塔宮護良親王が落城前に最後の酒宴を催した故地とされている。
English: The copper garden lantern that stands within the stone walls was made in 1471 and designated as an important cultural property.
Japanese: 石柵内に立つ銅燈籠は文明3年（1471年）の作で、重要文化財に指定されている。
English: Nitenmon Gate Ruins - Once there used to be Nitenmon Gates south front of the main hall (Zao-do Hall), although they no longer exist.
Japanese: 二天門跡-本堂（蔵王堂）の南正面には現在は門がないが、かつてはここに二天門があった。
English: Yoshiteru MURAKAMI, a warrior from Shinano province is reported to have killed himself in the upper story of Nitenmon Gate as a substitute for Imperial Prince Moriyoshi in 1333.
Japanese: 信濃出身の武士であった村上義光（よしてる）は、元弘3年（1333年）、護良親王の身代わりとしてこの二天門の楼上で自害したと伝えられる。
English: The chuson (the principal statue in a group of Buddhist statues) out of the three statues is 728 centimeters, and the statues on both sides are also large with a height close to 6 meters.
Japanese: 3躯のうち中尊は像高728センチ、両脇の像も6メートル近い巨像である。
English: The temple legend says that the statue in the center is the manifestation of Shaka Nyorai, the statue on the right is the honji (original ground or true nature) of Senju Kannon (Thousand Armed Avalokiteshwara), and the statue on the left is the honji of Miroku Bosatsu (Buddha of the Future, Bodhisattva of the Present), each of them representing the past, current, and future worlds.
Japanese: 寺伝では中央の像が釈迦如来、向かって右の像が千手観音、左の像が弥勒菩薩を本地とし、それぞれ過去・現世・来世を象徴するという。
English: ("Honji" refers to the original form of Buddha, while Gongen refers to a form of Buddha that appears with the change of its figure.
Japanese: （「本地」は本来の姿である仏、「権現」は仏が姿を変えて現れたものの意）。
English: In recent years, they have been unveiled from July 2004 through June 2005 and from October 4 to 8, 2007 to commemorate the registration of world heritage of Yoshino and Omine.
Japanese: 近年では、吉野・大峯の世界遺産登録を記念して、2004年7月から翌年6月まで開帳されたほか、2007年10月4日～8日にも開帳された。
English: The standing wooden statue of Zao-gongen Bodhisattva (the former principle image of Anzen-ji temple) - It is enshrined in the southern corner of Gejin (outer place of worship for public people) of the main hall separately from the unveiled principal image statues.
Japanese: 木造蔵王権現立像（安禅寺旧本尊）－秘仏本尊とは別に本堂外陣東北隅に安置される。
English: It was originally the principle image of Anzen-ji temple (once located near present-day Kinpu-jinja Shrine) once called Oku no in (inner sanctuary) of Mt. Yoshino, and was moved to Kinpusen-ji Temple when Anzen-ji temple was defunct with the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism.
Japanese: 元は吉野山の奥の院と呼ばれた安禅寺（現・金峯神社付近にあった）の本尊で、同寺が明治の神仏分離で破却されてから金峯山寺に移された。
English: A large statue with a height of 459 centimeters, it is believed to have been built during the late Kamakura period--earlier than the unveiled principle images,
Japanese: 像高459センチの巨像で、制作は秘仏本尊より古く、鎌倉時代後半とされている。
English: Itaechakushoku Kaisennyukozugaku - a large Ema (a votive horse tablet) dedicated in 1661.
Japanese: 板絵著色廻船入港図額-万治4年（1661年）に奉納された大型の絵馬。
English: This bell is nicknamed Yoshino Saburo (a nickname of a large hanging bell in Kinpusen-ji Temple) collectively with a bell of Todaiji temple (Nara Taro - nickname of a large hanging bell in Todai-ji Temple) and a bell of Mt. Koya (Koya Jiro - nickname of a large hanging bell in Koyasan).
Japanese: 東大寺の鐘（「奈良太郎」）、高野山の鐘（「高野次郎」）と並び「吉野三郎」と称される。
English: Once a bell of defunct Seson-ji Temple, it is still in a bell tower of the remains of Seson-ji Temple (near Yoshino-mikumari-jinja Shrine, about an hour walk from Zao-do Hall).
Japanese: 廃絶した世尊寺の鐘で、現在も世尊寺の旧地（蔵王堂から歩いて1時間ほどの吉野水分神社近く）にある鐘楼に所在する。
English: Senkoku Zaogongen Kyozo - It is a Zaogongen Kyozo line-engraved in the mirror of hachiryokyo (eight-lobed bronze mirror) of copper, one of the best works of line-engraved image.
Japanese: 線刻蔵王権現鏡像－鋳銅製の八稜鏡の鏡面に線刻された蔵王権現像で、線刻鏡像の中でも優れた作品である。
English: Ten minute walk from Yoshinoyama Station of Yoshino Ohmine ke-buru Ropeway bus Co.Ltd, to Zao-do Hall via Kuro-mon gate and Do-torii.
Japanese: 吉野大峯ケーブル自動車吉野山駅から黒門、銅鳥居を経て蔵王堂まで徒歩10分
English: The temple lies halfway up Mt. Kokuzo, a slightly high hill located almost in the middle of Yamanobe-kita-michi (northern road of Yamanobe road) closer to Tenri City situated on the south of Nara City.
Japanese: 奈良市の南部、天理市よりの、山の辺北道の中ほどの小高い山、虚空蔵山の山腹にある寺院である。
English: It is traditionally believed that Buddhist priest Kukai founded it in 814 at the imperial order by Emperor Saga.
Japanese: 弘仁5年（814年）、嵯峨天皇の勅願により、空海が創建したと伝えられる。
English: Also it is said that, in 807 prior to foundation, the morning star (Venus) fell on this site, which made Kukai consider that this was a holy place, and he founded the temple there.
Japanese: また、先立つ大同(日本)2年（807年）に、この地に明星が隕ちたことから、空海が神聖な土地として寺を建立したとも伝えられる。
English: In 1572, most of the temple building were destroyed by a fire caused by Hisahide MATSUNAGA's army.
Japanese: 元亀3年（1572年）、松永久秀の兵火により、伽藍の大部分が焼失する。
English: Take a bus bound for Maitani-cho from Nara Station (JR Line/ Kintetsu Line) and get off at 'Takahi-cho' after 25-minute ride, and walk 5 minutes.
Japanese: JR奈良駅･近鉄奈良駅から、米谷町行きバスで25分、「高樋町」下車徒歩5分
English: The existing three-storied pagoda is not included in the "Buddhist Monuments of the Horyu-ji Area" because it is a structure rebuilt in 1975.
Japanese: 現存する三重塔は1975年の再建であるため、世界遺産「法隆寺地域の仏教建造物」には含まれていない。
English: Due to scares historical materials about the temple, the details of its foundation are unknown; however, judging from the archaeological findings it is certain that the temple had already existed in the mid seventh century.
Japanese: 法輪寺は寺史に関わる史料が乏しいため、創建事情の詳細は不明であるが、発掘調査の結果等から、7世紀中頃には存在していたことは間違いない。
English: Its another name, Mii-dera Temple, stems from the area Mii where the temple is located, and the name Mii comes the three wells associated with Prince Shotoku, which existed in the area at that time (one of the three wells still remains and it is designated as a national historic site).
Japanese: 三井寺と言う別名は、当寺のある三井の地名に由来し、付近に聖徳太子ゆかりと言われている3つの井戸があった所から来ている（3つの井戸のうちの1つが現存し、国の史跡に指定されている）。