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English: Reiun-in Temple is a sub-temple located within the precinct of Tofuku-ji Temple in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 霊雲院（れいうんいん）は京都市東山区にある東福寺の塔頭（たっちゅう）である。
English: Reiun-in Temple is thought to have been founded by Kiyo Hoshu in 1390.
Japanese: 明徳元年(1390年)に岐陽方秀（きようほうしゅう）が開いたとされる。
English: Shosetsu Shugen, the 7th head priest, was close to the Hosokawa clan from which a Buddhist image dais inscribed 'Iaiseki' and a stone bathtub were donated during the Kanei era (1624-1644).
Japanese: 第7世の湘雪守沅は細川氏と親交があり、寛永年間(1624年－1644年)に「遺愛石」（いあいせき）と銘をつけた須弥台と石船を寄贈された。
English: Kuzan Hakkai no Niwa: Restored around 1965 by landscape architect Mirei SHIGEMORI, known as 'the Sesshu of the Showa period.'
Japanese: 九山八海の庭－昭和40年(1965年)頃に「昭和の雪舟」と呼ばれた昭和を代表する造園家・重森三玲により復元された。
English: It was once one of the Kyoto Gozan (five great Zen temples of Kyoto) along with Tenryu-ji Temple, Shokoku-ji Temple, Kennin-ji Temple and Tofuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: かつては天龍寺・相国寺・建仁寺・東福寺とともに京都五山のひとつとして栄えた。
English: The origins of Manju-ji Temple date back to the Rokujo Mido (Buddhist statue hall) constructed at Rokujo Dairi (imperial palace) by the Emperor Shirakawa in the latter part of the Heian period.
Japanese: 万寿寺の起源は、平安時代後期、白河天皇が六条内裏に建てた六条御堂にさかのぼる。
English: According to sources including "Keijo Manjuzenji-ki," the Rokujo Mido was built by the grieving Emperor Shirakawa in order to pray for the soul of his wife Yuhomonin (Imperial Princess Teiko) who died in 1096 aged 21.
Japanese: 『京城万寿禅寺記』などによると、白河天皇の皇女である郁芳門院（てい子内親王）が永長元年（1096年）に数え年21歳で亡くなり、それを悲しんだ天皇が皇女の菩提のために六条御堂を建てた。
English: Tanku (1176-1253), a disciple of Honen, resided at this mido during the Kamakura period before he passed it on to Jichi Kakuku.
Japanese: この御堂は、鎌倉時代には法然の弟子・湛空（1176年-1253年）が住し、湛空から十地覚空に受け継がれた。
English: Between 1257 and 1259, Jichi Kakuku and his disciple Tozan Tansho became devoted to Enni of Tofuku-ji Temple, and the temple converted to the Rinzai Sect with the name being changed to Manju-ji Temple.
Japanese: 正嘉年間（1257年-1259年）、十地覚空とその弟子の東山湛照が東福寺の円爾に帰依して臨済宗寺院となり、寺号も万寿禅寺と改めた。
English: The temple was later damaged by fire in 1273 but granted land by Sumeimonin, the wife of the Emperor Gouda, in 1330 and was relocated slightly north of the former Rokujo site to a location west of Takakura-dori Street and south of Higuchikoji (present-day Manjuji-dori Street).
Japanese: その後、文永10年（1273年）に火災に遭い、元徳2年（1330年）には後宇多天皇皇女の崇明門院から土地を賜って、六条の旧地のやや北方、高倉通の西、樋口小路（現代の万寿寺通）の南の地点に移転した。
English: During the Kamakura period, Manju-ji Temple was ranked as the 4th of the 10 temples and later promoted to one of the Gozan (five temples) as well as the 5th of the Kyoto Gozan but fell into decline following a fire that broke out in 1434.
Japanese: 室町時代には当初は十刹の第4位であったが、後に五山に昇格し、更に京都五山の第5位に数えられたが、永享6年（1434年）の火災後、衰微した。
English: The temple was relocated to a site adjacent to Sansho-ji Temple to the north of Tofuku-ji Temple, the 4th of the Gozan, between 1573 and 1592.
Japanese: 天正年間（1573－1592）には五山第4位の東福寺の北側にあった三聖寺の隣地に移転した。
English: This relocation was due to the fact that the founding priest of Sansho-ji Temple was Jichi Kakuku and Tozan Tansho of Manju-ji Temple.
Japanese: これは三聖寺の開山が万寿寺と同じ十地覚空と東山湛照であった縁によるものという。
English: During the Kamakura period, Sansho-ji Temple was a highly influential temple with a complex of Zen style buildings but it gradually fell into decline and merged with Manju-ji Temple in 1873.
Japanese: 三聖寺は鎌倉時代には禅宗式の大伽藍を持つ有力寺院であったが次第に衰微し、明治6年（1873年）に万寿寺に合併された。
English: In 1886, Manju-ji Temple became and remains a sub-temple of Tofuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 明治19年（1886年）には万寿寺が東福寺の塔頭となり、21世紀に至っている。
English: According to "Tofuku-ji shi," the Shaka triad statues of Manju-ji Temple were moved to Tofuku-ji Temple and installed as principal images after the butsuden (Buddha statue hall) of Tofuku-ji Temple was destroyed by fire in 1881.
Japanese: 『東福寺誌』によると、明治14年（1881年）に東福寺の仏殿が焼失した際、万寿寺にあった釈迦三尊像を東福寺に移して新しい本尊とした。
English: These Shaka triad statues that are currently housed within the Tofuku-ji Temple main hall were originally installed at Sansho-ji Temple.
Japanese: これが現在東福寺の本堂に安置される本尊釈迦三尊像で、元来は三聖寺に安置されていたものである。
English: In addition, the Aizen-do hall and Nio-mon gate within the Tofuku-ji Temple precinct, and the belfry at the entrance of Manju-ji Temple (all Important Cultural Properties) all originally belonged to Sansho-ji Temple.
Japanese: このほか、東福寺境内にある愛染堂と仁王門、万寿寺入口にある鐘楼（以上、各重要文化財）ももとは三聖寺の建物であった。
English: With the opening of the Kyoto municipal streetcar, Higashioji-dori Street and Kujo-dori Street in 1935, the temple precinct was divided and Manpuku-ji Temple became a detached part of the Tofuku-ji Precinct.
Japanese: 昭和10年（1935年）には京都市電と東大路通、九条通の開通により境内が分断され、万寿寺は東福寺の飛び地のような位置に置かれることとなった。
English: The building originally belonged to Sansho-ji Temple but now belongs to Tofuku-ji Temple and is designated an Important Cultural Property as 'Tofukuji Shoro' (Tofuku-ji Temple belfry).
Japanese: 元は三聖寺の建物で、現在は東福寺の所有となっており、重要文化財としての指定名称は「東福寺鐘楼」である。
English: The statue had long been deposited at Kyoto National Museum since the Meiji period but it is now housed within the Komyo hoden (treasure hall) (not open to the public) at Tofuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 明治時代から長らく京都国立博物館に寄託されていたが、現在は東福寺の光明宝殿（非公開）に安置。
English: The temple began as a thatched hut erected on this site by Nissei (Motomasa) in 1655.
Japanese: 1655年（明暦元年）日政（元政）がこの地に称心庵という庵を結んだのに始まる。
English: Amida-ji Temple is a temple belonging to the Chinzei school of the Pure Land Sect located in Kochidani in the northern part of Ohara, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 阿弥陀寺（あみだじ）は、京都市左京区大原の北側に位置する古知谷にある浄土宗鎮西派の寺院。
English: On May 23, 1613, Tansei underwent sokushinbutsu (the practice causing one's own deaths in a way that results in mummification) in a cave beside the main hall.
Japanese: 1613年（慶長18年）5月23日、開山の弾誓は、当寺の本堂脇の巌窟内で即身仏となった。
English: His remains were later placed inside a stone coffin which was housed within a stone mausoleum next to the main hall.
Japanese: その後、弾誓の遺体が石棺に納められ、本堂の隣にある石廟に安置された。
English: The temple came to be referred to as 'Tanseibutsu Ichiryu-honzan' as the founding priest Tansei serves as the principal image (a statue with implanted hair).
Japanese: 開山の弾誓を本尊（「植髪尊像」）として祀っているため、「弾誓仏一流本山」とも呼ばれるようになった。
English: On February 4, 1721, Chozen, a Nenbutsu practitioner from Omi Province who made the respectful visit to the temple in order to follow the founder Tansei's virtuous personality, also died by sokushinbutsu.
Japanese: 1721年（享保6年）2月4日には、開山の弾誓の遺徳を慕って訪れた近江国の念仏行者澄禅が、やはり即身入定を果たしている。
English: Take the Kyoto Bus route 19 'for Ohara, Kodeishi' from 'Kokusai Kaikan mae Station' on the Kyoto City Subway Karasuma Line for approximately 25 minutes to 'Kochidani-dera mae' bus stop and walk for approximately 15 minutes.
Japanese: 京都市営地下鉄烏丸線国際会館駅から、京都バス19系統「大原･小出石行」で約25分、「古知谷寺前」バス停下車、徒歩で約15分。
English: Following the Emperor Enyu's death, Enyu-ji Temple gradually fell into decline and FUJIWARA no Saneyoshi built a villa on the site of the temple at the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 円融天皇没後の円融寺は、次第に衰退していき、平安時代末になると藤原実能が同寺址に山荘を建てた。
English: Two temples both named Tokudai-ji Temple but written using different characters were founded within the villa and the descendants of Saneyoshi were known as the Tokudaiji family.
Japanese: 山荘内には徳大寺または得大寺という寺院が創建され、実能の子孫は徳大寺家を称した。
English: In 1450 during the Muromachi period, Katsumoto HOSOKAWA founded Ryuan-ji Temple on the site after receiving the villa from the Tokudaiji family.
Japanese: 室町時代の1450年（宝徳2）、細川勝元は徳大寺家から山荘を譲り受けると、同地に竜安寺を創建した。
English: According to temple legend, Saimyo-ji Temple was founded between 824 and 834 by Chisen Daitoku, a leading disciple of Kukai (Kobo Daishi), as a branch temple of Jingo-ji Temple.
Japanese: 寺伝によれば、天長年間（824年～834年）に空海（弘法大師）の高弟智泉大徳が神護寺の別院として創建したと伝える。
English: The temple later fell into ruin but was revived by Priest Gaho Jisho of Makinoosan-ji Temple in Izumi Province between 1175 and 1178, during which time the main hall, sutra hall, treasure pagoda and guardian shrine were built.
Japanese: その後荒廃したが、建治年間(1175年～1178年)に和泉国槙尾山寺の我宝自性上人が中興し、本堂、経蔵、宝塔、鎮守等が建てられた。
English: The buildings were later destroyed by fire resulting from conflict but were rebuilt in 1602 by Myonin Risshi.
Japanese: さらに兵火により堂塔は焼亡したが、慶長7年(1602年)に明忍律師により再興された。
English: The current main hall was rebuilt in 1700 using funds donated by Keishoin.
Japanese: 現在の本堂は、元禄13年(1700年)桂昌院の寄進により再建されたもの。
English: Main hall: Rebuilt in 1700 using funds donated by Keishoin, the mother of Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: 本堂－元禄13年(1700年)に徳川綱吉の生母桂昌院の寄進により再建。
English: Wooden standing statue of Shaka Nyorai (Important Cultural Properties): Housed within a miniature shrine that stands atop a dais at the front of the main hall.
Japanese: 木造釈迦如来立像（重要文化財）－本堂正面の須弥壇上の厨子に安置される。
English: Kaniman-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Chizan school of the Shingon Sect located in Yamashiro-cho, Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 蟹満寺（かにまんじ）は、京都府木津川市山城町(京都府)にある真言宗智山派の寺院。
English: According to the temple history, the principal image is Kannon Bosatsu, but this statue is currently housed within the Kannon-do hall, with the National Treasure designated Shaka Nyorai statue serving as the principal image.
Japanese: 本尊は縁起によれば観世音菩薩であるが観世音菩薩は現在観音堂に安置され、国宝の釈迦如来が本尊となっている。
English: The precise time of the temple's founding is unclear but excavations of the surrounding area have led to estimates that it was constructed during the Asuka period.
Japanese: この寺の創建年代についてはついては不詳であるが、周辺の発掘調査から飛鳥時代と推定されている。
English: It was later revived in 1711 during the Edo period when Ryohan of Chishaku-in Temple served as chief priest.
Japanese: その後、江戸時代の正徳_(日本)元年（1711年）智積院の僧亮範が入寺し再興された。
English: Excavations have indicated that the temple was large at the time of its founding but now only the main hall and Kannon-do hall remain.
Japanese: 発掘調査によると創建当初は広大な寺域の寺院であったようであるが現在は本堂、観音堂等を残すのみである。
English: Such halls are also known as Soshi-do, Miei-do, Goei-do and Ei-do.
Japanese: 祖師堂（そしどう）、御影堂（みえいどう・ごえいどう）、影堂（えいどう）などともいう。
English: However, some sects and temples place greater importance on these Kaisan-do halls than the main hall.
Japanese: ただし、宗派や寺院によっては祖師堂や御影堂が本堂よりも重視されることがある。
English: Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Tendai Sect located in Sagano, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 愛宕念仏寺（おたぎねんぶつじ）は京都府京都市右京区の嵯峨野にある天台宗の仏教寺院。
English: It is known as the starting point of the Sagano tour at the entrance to the Mt. Atago path at the foot of the mountain.
Japanese: 愛宕山参道の山麓の入り口に位置する嵯峨野めぐりの始発点として知られる。
English: Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple was founded as Otagi-dera Temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, near to present-day Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple, by the Emperor Shotoku in the mid 8th century.
Japanese: 8世紀中頃、稱徳天皇により京都・東山、今の六波羅蜜寺近くに愛宕寺として創建。
English: The essentially non-existent temple was revived by Tendai Sect monk Senkan (Dento Daihosshi) under the order of the Emperor Daigo.
Japanese: 廃寺同然を、醍醐天皇の命により天台宗の千観（伝燈大法師）が復興した。
English: Senkan changed the temple name to Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple after its role as a place of nenbutsu practice (a Buddhist invocation) and it became dedicated to the Tendai Sect.
Japanese: 千観が念仏を唱えていたところから名を愛宕念仏寺と改め、天台宗に属した。
English: At this time it briefly existed as a chokugan-ji (temple built by imperial order) with a complex of buildings but subsequent periods of decline and revival resulted in only the main hall, Jizo-do hall and Niomon gate remaining.
Japanese: この際いったんは七堂伽藍を備え勅願寺としての体裁を整えたが、その後は興廃を繰り返し、最後は本堂、地蔵堂、仁王門を残すばかりとなった。
English: It is said that the chief priest Kocho NISHIMURA appointed by the Tendai Sect head temple in 1955 was reluctant to accept his post due to the dilapidated condition of the temple.
Japanese: あまりの荒れように、1955年に天台宗本山から住職を命じられた西村公朝も、引き受けるのをためらったという。
English: However, after Ryokei ONISHI, the chief priest of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, encouraged him by saying 'If it is so damaged, pulling a single weed or moving a single stone will see you regarded as a restorer. I will help you,' he undertook renovation work.
Japanese: それを清水寺貫主・大西良慶の「それだけ傷んでおれば、草一本むしりとっても、石一つ動かしても、おまえは復興者、復興者やといってもらえる。わしも手伝ってやるから」（※）の激励で復興に取りかかった。
English: He later repaired the main hall, Jizo-do hall and Niomon gate while also travelling the country as a Buddhist sculptor.
Japanese: 以来、仏師として全国を飛び回る傍ら、本堂、地蔵堂、仁王門などを整備した。
English: The practice of amateur visitors dedicating "Showa no Rakan-bori" (Showa era Arhat carvings) that they had carved themselves began in 1981.
Japanese: 素人の参拝者が自ら彫って奉納する『昭和の羅漢彫り』が始まったのは、1981年。
English: The original aim was for 500 statues, but after 10 years, 1200 had been collected ("Butsuzo wa Kataru" by Kocho NISHIMURA, SHINCHOSHA Publishing Co., Ltd.; August 1993, 212 pages).
Japanese: 当初は五百体が目標だったが、10年後には千二百体に達した（※西村公朝『仏像は語る』新潮社、1993年8刷、212頁）。
English: Niomon gate: Constructed mid Edo period and houses a statue of Kongo Rikishi (Nio) (cultural property designated by Kyoto Prefecture)
Japanese: 仁王門-江戸時代中期建立、金剛力士（仁王）像（京都市指定文化財）安置
English: Address: 2-5 Saga Torii Motofukatani-cho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Japanese: 所在地-住所：〒616-8439京都府京都市右京区嵯峨鳥居本深谷町2-5
English: Walk for 5 minutes from Saga Arashiyama on the JR Sanin Main Line to 'Suminokura-cho' bus stop and take the bus for 15 minutes for Kiyotaki to 'Otagi-dera mae' bus stop.
Japanese: JR山陰本線嵯峨嵐山駅から徒歩5分の「角倉町」バス停から清滝行で15分、「おたぎでら前」下車すぐ
English: Take the number 72 Kyoto Bus for Kiyotaki for 60 minutes from Kyoto Station on the JR Kyoto Line to 'Otagi-dera mae' bus stop.
Japanese: JR京都線京都駅から京都バス72番清滝行で60分、「おたぎでら前」下車すぐ
English: Shimo Goryo-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 下御霊神社（しもごりょうじんじゃ）は、京都市上京区にある神社である。
English: These deities (excluding KIBI no Shoryo) are all the vengeful spirits of those who were killed in political conflicts, and this shrine was founded to comfort their anger.
Japanese: これらの諸神は（吉備真備を除いて）いづれも政争に巻き込まれて憤死した人々で、その怨霊を慰めるために創建されたのが当社である。
English: Suika-sha Shrine and Sarutahiko-sha Shrine (Enshrines Suika Shinto proponent Ansai YAMAZAKI and was formally combined with Sarutahiko-sha Shrine)
Japanese: 垂加社・猿田彦社(垂加神道を唱えた山崎闇斎を祀る、のち猿田彦社と合祀された。)
English: The disease was believed to be a curse caused by vengeful spirits and a Goryo-e (ceremony to appease vengeful spirits) was held at Shinsen-en Temple in Heian-kyo City on June 14, 863.
Japanese: これは御霊信仰の祟りであるとして、貞観(日本)5年（863年）5月20日、平安京の神泉苑で御霊会が催された。
English: The shrine is said to have been named Shimo Goryo-jinja Shrine (lit. Lower Goryo-jinja Shrine) due to its original location to the south of Kami Goryo-jinja Shrine (Upper Goryo-jinja Shrine).
Japanese: 元は出雲路の上御霊神社の南にあったことから下御霊神社と呼ばれるようになったと伝えられる。
English: It was later relocated to Shinmachi Demizu before being moved again to its current site in 1590 due to Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's redesign of the capital.
Japanese: 後に新町出水に移され、天正18年（1590年）、豊臣秀吉の都市整備にともない現在地に遷座した。
English: Tsuyoshi SHIGA, a researcher of shrines listed in the Engishiki Jinmyocho (register of shrines and deities in the book of regulations of the Engi era), believes Shimo Goryo-jinja Shrine to be Izumoinoheno-jinja Shrine (classified as a Taisha) listed in the Engishiki Jinmyocho but its history is unclear and there is no mention of Izumoinoheno-jinja Shrine in the history records held at Shimo Goryo-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: なお、式内社研究家の志賀剛が延喜式神名帳に記載される出雲井於神社（式内大社）を当社に比定しているが、継続性は不詳であり、神社側の由諸では出雲井於神社について言及していない。
English: The annual Goryo-sai Festival was held on the 20th day of the 8th month (old calendar) until the Meiji period but is now held on the 3rd Sunday in May.
Japanese: 例祭の御霊祭は明治までは8月20日(旧暦)に行われていたが、現在では5月の第3日曜日に行われている。
English: Jojakko-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Nichiren Sect located in Sagano, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 常寂光寺（じょうじゃっこうじ）は京都府京都市の嵯峨野にある日蓮宗の仏教寺院。
English: Jojakko-ji Temple's location on the slope of the Mt. Ogura referred to in "Ogura Hyakunin Isshu" (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets) offers a panoramic view of Sagano and in the autumn becomes surrounded by the autumn leaves that cover the entire mountain.
Japanese: 百人一首で詠まれる小倉山の中腹の斜面にあって境内からは嵯峨野を一望でき、秋は全山紅葉に包まれる。
English: The site of Jojakko-ji Temple is reputed to have been the location of FUJIWARA no Sadaie's villa 'Shigure-tei' during the Heian period and the temple was founded in 1596 at the end of the Azuchi Momoyama period in order to serve as a place of retirement for Nittei, 6th chief priest of the Nichiren Sect Daihonzan (Head Temple) Honkoku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 平安時代に藤原定家の山荘「時雨亭」があったと伝わる地で、安土桃山時代末の慶長元年（1596年）に日蓮宗大本山本圀寺十六世日禎が隠棲の地として当山を開いた。
English: It was Ryoi Suminokura and Eika Suminokura who donated land at the foot of Mt. Ogura to the tanka poet Nittei, and the temple complex was constructed using funds donated by the daimyo (feudal lord) Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA.
Japanese: 歌人でもある日禎に小倉山の麓の土地を寄進したのは角倉了以と角倉栄可で、小早川秀秋ら大名の寄進により堂塔伽藍が整備された。
English: Two-storey pagoda: Nationally-designated Important Cultural Property; constructed in 1620; 12 m tall; topped by Japanese-cypress bark roof.
Japanese: 多宝塔-国の重要文化財、元和(日本)6年（1620年）建立、高さ12m、檜皮葺
English: Niomon gate: Constructed as the south gate of Honkoku-ji Temple during the Jowa era (1345-1350) of the Northern and Southern Court period; relocated to its current site in 1616; topped by a thatched roof.
Japanese: 仁王門-南北朝時代(日本)の貞和年間に本圀寺の南門として建立、元和(日本)2年（1616年）に現在地に移築、藁葺き
English: According to temple legend, Otokuni-dera Temple is an ancient temple that was founded by the Prince Shotoku under the order of the Emperor Suiko.
Japanese: 寺伝では推古天皇の勅命により聖徳太子が建立したと言われている古刹である。
English: The precise time and circumstances of the temple's founding are unclear but roof tiles excavated within the precinct have led to estimates placing its founding to the Nara period prior to the establishment of the capital city of Nagaoka-kyo.
Japanese: 創建の正確な事情や時期は未詳であるが、境内出土の瓦の年代から、長岡京造営以前、奈良時代の創建と推定されている。
English: After the Emperor Kanmu established the capital city in Nagaoka-kyo in the year 784, Otokuni-dera Temple was expanded to a large size as the guardian of the capital.
Japanese: 延暦3年（784年）桓武天皇が長岡京を造営した際には都の地鎮として大規模に増築されている。
English: The temple is believed to have been the place in which Imperial Prince Sawara was confined after becoming suspected as being the mastermind of FUJIWARA no Tanetsugu's assassination and Kukai is also said to have briefly resided here.
Japanese: また藤原種継暗殺事件の首謀者の嫌疑をかけられた早良親王が幽閉された場所でもあるとされ、空海が一時住したともいわれる。
English: The temple maintained a large complex even after the abolishment of Nagaoka-kyo as capital city and it is reputed to have had in excess of 10 priests' living quarters during the Momoyama period.
Japanese: 長岡京が廃都となっても大規模な伽藍を擁し室町時代でも10を越す僧坊があったという。
English: (In fact, before the construction of the neighboring Nagaokakyo Municipal Nagaoka Dai-san Elementary School, most of the land on which it stands belonged to the temple.)
Japanese: （事実、隣接する長岡京市立長岡第三小学校の大部分は学校建設前は寺の敷地であった。）
English: The temple has only recently become famous as the peony temple but it was once a bleak sight.
Japanese: 今でこそ牡丹の寺として有名であるが牡丹を植生する前の往年は寂しい佇まいの寺であった。
English: There now grow 2,000 peony plants which were moved from Hase-dera Temple, the Buzan school Grand Head Temple.
Japanese: 現在、豊山派総本山である長谷寺より2,000株の牡丹が移植されている。
English: Walk for 40 minutes or take a bus from Nagaokakyo Station on the JR West Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line).
Japanese: 西日本旅客鉄道東海道本線（JR京都線）長岡京駅より徒歩40分またはバス
English: Rokusho-ji (also pronounced Rikusho-ji) temples are six Buddhist temples that were constructed in Shirakawa in the outer part of Kyoto (Kyoto City) (the area around Heian-jingu Shrine in Okazaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City) by successive emperors and an empress during the period of cloistered rule of the late Heian period.
Japanese: 六勝寺（ろくしょうじ、りくしょうじ）とは、平安時代後期の院政期に天皇、皇后が洛外白河(京都市)（現在の京都市左京区岡崎・平安神宮の周辺）に建てた6つの仏教寺院である。
English: These temples became collectively known as Rokusho-ji (lit. Six Sho Temples) as each of their names consist of the character 'sho' (meaning victory).
Japanese: すべての寺院に「勝」の字が付くことからこれらの寺を六勝寺と総称した。
English: Beginning with Shirakawa Kitadono, numerous palaces as well as residences for female nobles were built in the area during the period of cloistered rule and, like Toba in southern Kyoto, these temples flourished as centers of cloistered governance.
Japanese: 院政期には白河北殿を初めとする院や女院の御所が立ち並び、洛南の鳥羽と共に院政の中枢部として多いに栄えた。
English: The temples were not rebuilt after being destroyed during the Onin-Bunmei Wars and now place names are all that remain in the area.
Japanese: 応仁・文明の乱で消失した後は再建されること無く廃絶し、現在は地名にその名をとどめるにすぎない。
English: Ensho-ji Temple: Founded in 1128 by the order of FUJIWARA no Shoshi (or Tamako), the wife of the Emperor Toba.
Japanese: 円勝寺-1128年鳥羽天皇の皇后藤原璋子（藤原璋子）の御願により創建。
English: Shoden-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Nanzen-ji School of the Rinzai Sect located in Nishigamo, Kita-ku Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 正伝寺（しょうでんじ）は、京都市北区(京都市)西賀茂にある臨済宗南禅寺派の寺である。
English: Shoden-ji Temple is believed to have originated with a temple founded in 1268 by Gottan Funei, a disciple of Togan Ean, in Karasuma Imadegawa before being relocated to its current site in 1282 with the assistance of Tsunehisa MORI of Kamo-sha Shrine, then the temple became prosperous.
Japanese: 1268年、東巌慧安が師の兀庵普寧（ごったんふねい）を開山として烏丸今出川に創建したのがこの寺の始まりとされ、1282年に賀茂社の森経久の援助を受け、現在地に移り寺運は興隆した。
English: The temple received the devotion of the imperial family and shogun families during the Muromachi period but fell into decline as a result of a fire that started during the Onin War (1467-1477).
Japanese: 室町時代には天皇家、将軍家の帰依を受けたが、応仁の乱（1467年～1477年）の兵火により衰退した。
English: It was restored with the help of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, and possessed five sub-temples during the Edo period.
Japanese: 豊臣秀吉・徳川家康の援助を受け復興され、江戸時代には塔頭5寺を有していた。
English: Tsuketari (attachments, appurtenances): 3 color on paper flower paintings (Buddha room), 4 color painting on gold-foil paper paintings of confectionary (staggered shelves in the lower first room)
Japanese: 附紙本著色草花図3面（仏間）、紙本金地著色菓子図4面（下一之間違棚天袋）
English: Kujo-kesa (nine-strip Buddhist surplice which is in the shape of a large rectangle, wrapped around the left side of the body and tied with the loops in the corners) (Checked torimaru motif (literally, bird motif arranged in round shape) in yellow cloth for Denso (grid pattern kesa (Buddhist surplice) designed from shape of rice fields and azemichi (a path between rice fields)), sha (silk gauze) with peony motif in white cloth for Joyo (leaves (pieces) of Jo (part of kesa)); Tsuketari: Kesa-zutsumi (kesa bag) of Saiwaibishi mon (auspicious diamond pattern) in white aya (figured cloth) cloth
Japanese: 九条袈裟（田相黄地鳥丸格子文綾条葉白地牡丹顕紋紗）附白地幸菱文綾袈裟包
English: Kujo-kesa (Sha with white peony motif in white cloth for Denso, sha with peony motif in dark blue cloth for Joyo); Tsuketari: Kesa-zutsumi of Hana Karakusa mon (flower arabesque pattern) in yellow nishiki (brocade) cloth
Japanese: 九条袈裟（田相白地牡丹文顕紋紗条葉紺地牡丹顕紋紗）附黄地花唐草文錦袈裟包
English: Nishi Hongan-ji Temple is a Honzan (Head Temple) of the Hongan-ji branch of Jodo Shinshu (the True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) located in Shimogyo-ku Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 西本願寺（にしほんがんじ）は、京都府京都市下京区にある浄土真宗本願寺派本山の寺院。
English: It is often referred to a 'Nishi Hongan-ji Temple' or 'Onishi-san' in order to differentiate it from Higashi Hongan-ji Temple (officially named Shinshu Honbyo) which is also situated in Kyoto's Shimogyo-ku Ward.
Japanese: 同じ下京区内にある東本願寺（正式名称は真宗本廟）と区別するために「西本願寺」「お西さん」などと呼ばれることが多い。
English: The memorial service marking the 750th anniversary of the death of Shinran Shonin is scheduled to be held at Hongan-ji Temple's Goei-do Hall on April 9, 2011.
Japanese: 2011年4月9日より本願寺御影堂にて親鸞聖人750回大遠忌法要開始予定。
English: Hongan-ji Temple originated after the death of sect founder Shinran Shonin when his youngest daughter Kakushinni had a mausoleum constructed in what is modern-day Rinka-cho, Higashiyama-ku Ward, Kyoto City (in the vicinity of the Sotaiin sub-temple of Chionin Temple) into which his remains were interred in 1272.
Japanese: 宗祖親鸞聖人入滅後、末娘の覚信尼が1272年（文永9年）に現在の京都市東山区林下町（知恩院塔頭・崇泰院付近）に廟を営み、遺骨を安置したのが本願寺の発祥とされる。
English: The mausoleum hall was later demolished due to internal discord but was reconstructed by the 3rd head priest Kakunyo and named Senshu-ji Temple before going on to be renamed Hongan-ji Temple.
Japanese: その後、廟堂は内紛のため破壊されたが、3代覚如が再建して専修寺と号し、さらに本願寺と改称した。