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English: It is thought to have been relocated to the temple from Fushimi-jo Castle and is said to have been created by SEN no Rikyu and particularly favored by Hideyoshi (although Fushimi-jo Castle was constructed after SEN no Rikyu committed suicide).
Japanese: 伏見城から移築したものとされ、千利休の作、秀吉好みの茶室と伝える（ただし伏見城建設は利休の自刃後）。
English: The simple square building with a pyramidal thatched roof features on the inside a bamboo ceiling that looks like the underside of Chinese umbrella - from which it gets its name 'Kasa-tei' (lit. Umbrealla Pavillion).
Japanese: 宝形造茅葺きの素朴な建物で、内部の天井が竹で組まれ、その形が唐傘に似ている所から傘亭の名がある。
English: Shigure-tei (Important Cultural Property): Stands to the south of Kasa-tei, to which it is linked by a roofed walkway with a tiled floor.
Japanese: 時雨亭（重要文化財）－傘亭の南隣にあり、傘亭との間は屋根付きの土間廊下でつながれている。
English: It is rare among teahouses as it has two stories, and an open-plan elevated-floor room in the south of the upper floor with no walls or fittings in the bays between pillars.
Japanese: 珍しい2階建ての茶室で、2階南側の上段の間は柱間に壁や建具を設けない吹き放しとする。
English: Iho-an: This rustic style teahouse, located behind the hojo and study, was constructed in the early modern period by a master of the tea ceremony Shoeki HAIYA in memory of his wife Yoshino Dayu.
Japanese: 遺芳庵－方丈・書院の背後にある田舎屋風の茶室で、近世初期の茶人・灰屋紹益が夫人の吉野太夫をしのんで建てたものという。
English: The place in which Kita no Mandokoro spent her last years after the death of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and where she passed away.
Japanese: 秀吉の没後に北政所が晩年を過ごした所であり、北政所の終焉の地となった。
English: These unique pieces feature the Paulownia Seal mica-printed onto Chinese paper screens and are said to have all been created in a single batch while the head priest was away after Tohaku proposed the idea of painted screens to him but was refused.
Japanese: 桐紋雲母（きらら）刷りの唐紙襖に描かれた非常に珍しいもので、等伯が住職に襖絵製作を申し出ていたが許されなかったので、住職の留守中に一気に描きあげてしまったものだと伝えられる。
English: This typical Momoyama period garden was the front garden of Kita no Mandokoro's Kesho Goten Palace that was also relocated from Fushimi-jo Castle.
Japanese: 伏見城の北政所化粧御殿の前庭を移築したもので、桃山時代の代表的な庭園である。
English: Constructed in 1616 by Kita no Mandokoro's younger male cousin Gensho HISABAYASHI for the protection of Buzennokami KAMEI.
Japanese: 元和2(1616)年に北政所の従弟・久林玄昌が亀井豊前守の外護により建立。
English: At the end of the Edo period, Kashitaro ITO established the Kinri Goryo Eji (a splinter group of the Shinsengumi), and he and 15 others set up a headquarters at the temple.
Japanese: 幕末には、禁裏御陵衛士を拝命した伊東甲子太郎(いとうかしたろ)以下15名が屯所を構えた。
English: Sho Museum: A small museum located on the second floor of a restaurant across the road that boarders the west of the temple precincts.
Japanese: 掌（しょう）美術館－境内から公道を挟んで西側、飲食店の2階に位置する小美術館。
English: The museum preserves and displays Kodai-ji Temple's numerous works of art including furnishings, paintings and books in addition to portraits of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and Kita no Mandokoro.
Japanese: 豊臣秀吉、北政所の肖像画のほか、調度品、絵画、文書など高台寺所蔵の美術品を多数保存、展示する。
English: Daidokoro-zaka slope: These stone steps lead from Nene no Michi path to the Kodai-ji Temple precincts, and it is said that Kita no Mandokoro would walk up and down this path to pray for the soul of her husband Hideyoshi.
Japanese: 台所坂－ねねの道から高台寺の境内へと続く道で、北政所は秀吉の菩提を弔うためにこの道を往き来したといわれる。
English: Nene no michi (Path of Nene): This path, that starts in the area of Maruyama Park (Kyoto Prefecture) and continues to Chion-in Temple and Yasaka-jinja Shrine, is one of the 'Higashiyama Sando' (three approaches) along with Chie no michi path and Shinko michi path.
Japanese: ねねの道－知恵の道、神幸道と合わせて東山参道（三つの道）と言い、円山公園(京都府)付近で接続して、それぞれ知恩院、八坂神社へと続く。
English: Color painting on silk portrait of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI (designation includes a color painting on silk image of Kodaiin, a color painting on silk image of Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA, and letters written by Kodaiin)
Japanese: 絹本着色豊臣秀吉像（附絹本着色高台院像、絹本着色小早川秀秋像、高台院消息）
English: The five-storey pagoda that towers above the streets is commonly known as Yasaka Pagoda and is a local landmark.
Japanese: 街中にそびえ立つ五重塔は通称、八坂の塔と呼ばれ、周辺のランドマークとなっている。
English: The name 'Yasaka Pagoda' has come to refer to the temple itself as the small temple precincts have no buildings that stand out other than the pagoda itself.
Japanese: 境内は狭く、塔以外に目だった建築物がないことから、「八坂の塔」は、寺自体を指す通称ともなっている。
English: According to legend, the temple's five-storey pagoda was created by Prince Shotoku in the year 592 after Nyoirin Kannon (Cintamanicakra) appeared to him in a dream, following which he made an offering of three of Budda's ashes and named the temple Hokan-ji.
Japanese: 伝承によれば、当寺の五重塔は592年聖徳太子が如意輪観音の夢告により建てたとされ、その際、仏舎利を三粒を収めて法観寺と号したという。
English: The account of the founding by Prince Shotoku cannot be taken literally, but it is certain that this ancient temple has existed since before the relocation of Japan's capital to the city of Heian-kyo, and the prominent view is that it was founded by the Yasaka clan who immigrated to Japan from the Korean peninsula as a uji-dera, a Buddhist temple financially supported by an aristocratic family.
Japanese: 聖徳太子創建との伝承は文字通りに受け取ることはできないが、平安京遷都以前から存在した古い寺院であることは確かなようであり、朝鮮半島系の渡来氏族・八坂氏の氏寺として創建されたという見方が有力である。
English: Acting on the recommendation of Muso Kokushi, Takauji ASHIKAGA constructed Ankoku-ji Temples with Risho-to Pagodas throughout the country from 1338, but this pagoda was designated the Risho-to Pagoda for the capital city and an offering of Buddhist relics was made.
Japanese: さらに暦応元年(1338年)より夢窓国師の勧めにより足利尊氏が全国に安国寺・利生塔を建てたが、都の利生塔としてはこの塔を充て仏舎利を奉納した。
English: The five-storey pagoda is in a purely Japanese style, has a tiled roof, and stands 49 meters tall - making it the highest after those of To-ji Temple and Kofuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 五重塔は高さ49mで東寺、興福寺の五重塔に次ぐ高さをもつ、純和様、本瓦葺の建築である。
English: Visitors can enter the pagoda where they can see the central pillar atop the foundation stone as well as statues of the Five Great Nyorai.
Japanese: 塔の中は公開されることもあり礎石の上の心柱や諸仏を見ることができる。
English: The Yakushi-do hall houses the principal image statue of Yakushi Nyorai as well as statues of Nikko Bosatsu, Gekko Bosatsu, Yumemi Jizo and the statues of the twelve protective deities.
Japanese: 薬師堂には本尊の薬師如来、日光菩薩、月光菩薩、夢見地蔵、さらに十二神将像が安置されている。
English: Hossho-ji Temple was one of the "Six Victorious Temples" that existed in Shirakawa, the eastern suburb of Heian-kyo (the area of Okazaki Park and Tokyo Municipal Zoo in modern-day Kyoto City) from the Heian Period to the Muromachi Period.
Japanese: 法勝寺（ほっしょうじ）は、平安時代から室町時代まで平安京の東郊、白河(京都市)（現在の岡崎公園、京都市動物園周辺）にあった六勝寺のひとつである。
English: The site of Hossho-ji Temple was formerly that of a Fujiwara Clan villa (Shirakawa Villa) but was presented to Emperor Shirakawa by FUJIWARA no Morozane.
Japanese: 法勝寺の地は藤原氏の別荘地（白河別業）だったが、藤原師実が白河天皇に献上した。
English: The Emperor resolved to build a temple on the site and construction work began in 1075 - leading to the long-term construction of numerous buildings.
Japanese: 天皇はこの地に寺院を造ることを決め、承保2年（1075年）に造営を始め、以後長期にわたって多数の建物を造った。
English: In 1077, a ceremony was held in celebration of the completion of the golden hall dedicated to the principal image Vairocana (Birushanabutsu).
Japanese: 承暦元年（1077年）に毘廬舎那仏を本尊とする金堂の落慶供養が執り行われた。
English: A nine-storey octagonal pagoda believed to have been approximately 80 meters tall and Aizen-do hall were completed in 1083.
Japanese: 永保3年（1083年）に高さ約80メートルとされる八角九重塔と愛染堂が完成した。
English: The pagoda was struck by lightning and burned down in 1208 but Eisai became a main organizer of solicitation for fund-raising and reconstructed it.
Japanese: 承元2年（1208年）に塔が落雷で焼失したが、このときは栄西が大勧進になって再建した。
English: Enkan (Echin) worked to restore the temple after he was made a chief supervisor in 1326 under the order of Emperor Godaigo, and was rewarded by being appointed chief priest.
Japanese: 嘉暦元年（1326年）、後醍醐天皇の命を受けた円観（恵鎮）が再び勧進職となり同寺の再興に務め、その功績によってそのまま住持となる。
English: However, the entire southern half of the temple was lost to a fire that broke out on the 20th day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of the Northern and Southern Court period (1342).
Japanese: だが、南北朝時代_(日本)の康永元年（1342年）3月20日に火災にあって寺の南半分が失われる。
English: The Northern Court again made Enkan chief supervisor but he resigned his post the year after another fire broke out seven years later on the 15th day of the 10th month of 1349 and destroyed the remaining northern half of the temple.
Japanese: 北朝_(日本)は再度円観を勧進職とするが、7年後の貞和5年（1349年）10月15日に再度火災にあって残りの北半分も失われたため、翌年に円観は勧進職を辞する。
English: Despite this, it had now completely lost its status as 'The Temple of Kings' and later became reduced to a small temple belonging to a school of Tendai Sect known as Keichin-mon-ryu or Kurotani-ryu.
Japanese: だが、「国王の氏寺」と呼ばれた姿は全く失われて、以後恵鎮門流・あるいは黒谷流などと呼ばれた天台宗の一分派の拠点である小寺院に転落する。
English: Although Enkan and his disciple Yuiken, who inherited his master's position, continued to hold their own ordination certifications separate from those of Enryaku-ji Temple.
Japanese: とはいえ、円観と法勝寺を継承した門人の惟賢の元で延暦寺と一線を画して独自の戒牒を発行するなどの活動を見せている。
English: However, the temple once again began to decline after the deaths of both Enkan and Yuiken, and its deterioration is described in the entry dated the 18th day of the 8th month of 1418 in Yasutomi NAKAHARA's "Yasutomi-ki" diary.
Japanese: しかし、円観・惟賢死後には再び衰退を見せ始め、中原康富の『康富記』応永25年（1418年）8月18日条にはその荒廃の様子が描かれている。
English: In the midst of the Onin War on the 4th day of the 8th month of 1468, the temple was burned to the ground along with others including Shoren-in Temple during the Western Army's assault on Okazaki, and its reconstruction had not yet been completed when the temple was once again destroyed by fire on January 24, 1531 after becoming embroiled in the conflict between Takakuni HOSOKAWA and Harumoto HOSOKAWA over the position of Kanrei (Shogun's Deputy).
Japanese: 応仁の乱最中の応仁2年（1468年）8月4日の西軍による岡崎攻撃によって青蓮院などとともに焼失、更にその再建がままならないままの享禄4年（1531年）1月21日には今度は管領の座を巡る細川高国と細川晴元の戦いに巻き込まれて再度焼失した。
English: It is known from Tokitsugu YAMASHINA's diary entitled "Tokitsugu Kyoki" that a sutra chanting service was held at the temple in memory of Burakumonin's death in 1535 but very few activities are known to have taken place after this.
Japanese: 山科言継の『言継卿記』によれば、天文_(日本)4年（1535年）の豊楽門院逝去の際には法勝寺において供養の読経が行われているが、その後の活動は殆ど知られません。
English: The last certification of ordination records to include the name 'Hossho-ji Temple' took place in 1562 and references to the temple disappear from historical records after 1571 when the Emperor made a command forbidding Hossho-ji from being dispossessed of its land.
Japanese: 永禄5年（1562年）を最後に法勝寺名義の戒牒が途絶え、元亀2年（1571年）に法勝寺領押領を禁じる綸旨が出されたのを最後に記録から姿を消す。
English: In 1590, the temple merged with Saikyo-ji Temple in Sakamoto, Omi Province (present day Otsu City) - also part of the Enkan school by the imperial order.
Japanese: そして天正18年（1590年）に勅命によって同じ円観門流に属していた近江国坂本_(大津市)西教寺に併合された。
English: These 19 years are considered to be the actual period of the temple's deterioration.
Japanese: そのため、この間の19年間に事実上の廃寺になっていたと考えられている。
English: Jimyo-in Temple is a temple that is thought to have been located in what is now the vicinity of Kosho-in Temple in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 持明院（じみょういん）は、現在の京都市上京区の光照院の付近にあったとされる寺院の名前である。
English: Chinjufu Shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North) FUJIWARA no Motoyori built a private Buddhist statue hall named 'Anrakuko-in Temple' on his estate, and his family line became known as the Jimyoin family when the temple was later renamed 'Jimyo-in Temple'.
Japanese: 鎮守府将軍を務めた藤原基頼が邸内に「安楽光院」と呼ばれる持仏堂を創設し、後にこれを「持明院」と名づけたことから、この家系を持明院家と称することとなった。
English: During the Kamakura period, Motoie JIMYOIN's daughter Nobuko JIMYOIN (who later became Kitashirakawain) became the consort of Imperial Prince Morisada and gave birth to Imperial Prince Shigehito (who went on to become Emperor Gohorikawa).
Japanese: 鎌倉時代、持明院基家の娘持明院陳子（後の北白川院）は守貞親王の妃になり、茂仁親王（後堀河天皇）を生んだ。
English: After the Jokyu War, Emperor Gohorikawa was coronated, and his father unusually granted him the title Emperor Daijo (Abdicated Emperor), and he exerted power from this temple as a cloistered Emperor under the name Gotakakurain.
Japanese: 承久の乱後、後堀河天皇が即位して、父親の守貞親王には太上天皇の尊号がおくられ、後高倉院と称してここで院政を行った。
English: After the extinction of Imperial Prince Morisada's family line, the temple was also the palace in which both Emperor Gosaga and Emperor Gofukakusa resided following their abdications, and it is for this reason that the family line of Emperor Gofukakusa took the name surname 'Jimyoin' (just as the name of the opposing Emperor Kameyama's family line was changed to 'Daikakuji' because he resided at Daikaku-ji Temple following his retirement).
Japanese: 守貞親王系が断絶後も後嵯峨天皇・後深草天皇が退位後の御所に定められたことから、後深草天皇の系統を後に持明院統と称した（対立関係にあった亀山天皇の系統を大覚寺統と呼ぶのも亀山天皇が退位後に大覚寺に住んだ事に由来している）。
English: Jimyo-in Temple went into decline after it was damaged by fire in the second month of the 8th year of Emperor Gokogon's rein (1353) and it is said that Kosho-in Temple, connected to Emperor Gofushimi's wife Imperial Princess Shinshi, was relocated to the site after the Onin War (Kosho-in Temple was temporarily known as 'Anrakuko-in' following its relocation).
Japanese: 後光厳天皇の文和2年/正平(日本)8年（1353年）2月の火事で持明院が焼失すると、以後荒廃して応仁の乱後に後伏見天皇の皇女進子内親王ゆかりの光照院が移転したと伝えられている（ちなみに移転後の一時期に光照院も「安楽光院」を名乗っている）。
English: Betto-ji Temple was a Buddhist temple that was attached to a Shinto shrine when the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism was permitted prior to the Edo period.
Japanese: 別当寺（べっとうじ）とは、神仏習合が許されていた江戸時代以前に、神社に付属して置かれた寺のこと。
English: The name Betto-ji Temple arose from the betto (also known as shaso) who served these temples and conducted Shinto shrine rituals according to Buddhist practices such as the reciting of sutras in front of Shinto kami.
Japanese: 神前読経など神社の祭祀を仏式で行う者を別当（社僧ともいう）と呼んだことから、別当の居る寺を別当寺と言った。
English: The term betto-ji is synonymous with jingu-ji, jingo-ji, gu-ji and miya-dera.
Japanese: 神宮寺（じんぐうじ）、神護寺（じんごじ）、宮寺（ぐうじ、みやでら）なども同義。
English: Chokugan-ji Temples were temples for prayer founded at the will of the emperors and the retired emperors of the time to pray for the protection of the nation and the prosperity of the Imperial Household.
Japanese: 勅願寺（ちょくがんじ）とは、時の天皇・太上天皇の発願により、国家鎮護・皇室繁栄などを祈願して創建された祈願所のこと。
English: In reality, there are also many temples that were made Chokugan-ji temples by Imperial sanction after their founding.
Japanese: 実際には、寺が創建されてから、勅許によって「勅願寺になった」寺も数多い。
English: A temple designated as a Chokugan-ji Temple could also receive land, and there had been cases since the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) of temples that tried to achieve the status for this reason.
Japanese: また勅願寺になれば寺領が得られることもあり、戦国時代(日本)頃からは寺の側から働きかけて勅許をもらうという例もあった。
English: The Chokugan-ji Temple designation was used until the early Meiji period but was abolished under the edict ordering the separation of Shinto and Buddhism.
Japanese: 明治時代初期まで勅願寺の指定が行われていたが、神仏分離令によって指定が廃止された。
English: In Mahayana Buddhism, Yakushi Nyorai is believed to be the Buddha who is efficacious for divine favors in the actual world, such as healing and medicine, and in Japan there are a great many temples with the deity as their principal image and Buddha halls that enshrine his image as he is widely worshipped in Buddhist countries throughout Asia, particularly Japan.
Japanese: 薬師如来は大乗仏教において病気平癒等の現世利益に効験のある仏として信仰されており、アジアの仏教圏の中でも特に日本で広く信仰を集めている仏であることから、日本では薬師如来を本尊とする寺院や薬師如来を祀る仏堂が各地に数多く存在する。
English: However, it is not the case that all Buddha halls with Yakushi Nyorai as their principal image are named 'Yakushi-do' and names vary among different temples.
Japanese: ただし、薬師如来を本尊とする仏堂がすべて「薬師堂」と呼称されるわけではなく、寺院ごとにさまざまな名称で呼ばれている。
English: When the hall enshrining a statue of Yakushi Nyorai is the temple's main hall, it is often referred to as the 'Hondo,' 'Kondo' or 'Konponchudo.'
Japanese: 薬師如来像を安置する堂が寺院の中心となる建物である場合は「本堂」「金堂」「根本中堂」などと呼称される場合が多い。
English: Temples of which Yakushi Nyorai is the principal image commonly have names such as 'Yakushi-ji Temple,' 'Yakuo-ji Temple' and 'Io-ji Temple,' or names that include the word 'To' (east) such as 'Toko-ji Temple' and 'Tomyo-ji Temple.'
Japanese: 薬師如来を本尊とする寺院の寺号には、「薬師寺」「薬王寺」「医王寺」などのほか、「東光寺」「東明寺」のように「東」の字が付くことが多い。
English: This is because Yakushi Nyorai is believed to reside in the Eastern Paradise.
Japanese: これは、薬師如来が東方浄瑠璃浄土に住すると信じられていることによる。
English: There are also temples named 'Ruriko-ji Temple' after Yakushi Nyorai's full name 'Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai'.
Japanese: また、薬師如来の詳名「薬師瑠璃光如来」にちなんで「瑠璃光寺」と号する寺院もある。
English: As Yakushi Nyorai is the Buddha believed to heal the sick, there are institutions relating to pharmaceutical production and medical treatment that also use the name 'Yakushi-do'.
Japanese: 派生して、薬師如来が病気平癒の仏とされることから、製薬や医療の分野でも「薬師堂」の名前が使われることがある。
English: Yakushi-do' hall is simply the name of a Buddha hall of which Yakushi Nyorai is the principal image, and does not refer to a particular 'Yakushi-do' hall architectural style or external appearance.
Japanese: 「薬師堂」は、薬師如来を本尊とする仏堂の名称であり、「薬師堂」特有の建築様式、平面形式等があるわけではない。
English: The maple trees that Yusai (Fujitaka) HOSOKAWA planted along with the Tsurukame no Niwa (Crane and Turtle Garden) in the Edo period are particularly famous and receive many visitors in autumn.
Japanese: 秋には、江戸時代に細川幽斎（藤孝）が鶴亀の庭とともに植樹された楓が有名で多くの参拝がある。
English: According to temple legend, it was founded in the year 829 by Imperial Prince Takaoka (799-865).
Japanese: 寺伝では、天長6年（829年）、高岳親王（たかおかしんのう、799-865）が創建したという。
English: Imperial Prince Takaoka was the third Prince of Emperor Heijo and became the crown prince of Emperor Saga but lost his status after being implicated in the Kusuko Incident.
Japanese: 高岳親王は平城天皇第3皇子で、嵯峨天皇の皇太子となったが、薬子の変に連座して皇太子位を廃された。
English: 595 Kahara, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture 625-0014 (Kongo-in Temple Kyoto Prefectural Historic Nature Conservation Area)
Japanese: 〒625-0014京都府舞鶴市鹿原595（金剛院京都府歴史的自然環境保全地域）
English: Take the West Japan Railway Maizuru Line to Higashi-Maizuru Station, from here take the Kyoto Kotsu Bus (Maizuru) Takahama-Shiratori route for 16 minutes to the Kawara Bus Stop and walk for 5 minutes.
Japanese: 西日本旅客鉄道舞鶴線東舞鶴駅下車、京都交通(舞鶴)高浜白鳥線で約16分、鹿原（かわら）停留所下車で徒歩5分
English: In the latter part of the Heian period, the entire area in which Kongo-in Temple is situated was known as 'Shiraku no Sho' and was ruled by TAIRA no Kiyomori, son of the Samurai TAIRA no Tadamori.
Japanese: 金剛院を含む地域一円は、平安時代後期には「志楽庄」と呼ばれた地域で、武士平忠盛の子の平清盛が支配したこともある地域である。
English: The large approximately 25 meter tall tree that rises up from near the entrance to the temple approach is known as 'Bugyosugi' and is said to have been planted by TAIRA No Kiyomori, who was appointed 'Zoei Bugyo' (Temple Administrator).
Japanese: この、金剛院の参道の入り口付近にそびえる、高さ約25メートルの巨大な木は「奉行杉」と呼ばれ、同院の造営奉行を命じられた忠盛が植えたとの言い伝えがあるものである。
English: The temple is independent (formerly belonged to the Jimon school of the Tendai Sect), its Kaiki (founding priest) was Joki and it is dedicated to the principal image of Fudo Myoo (a Kamakura period wooden statue).
Japanese: 宗派は単立（元天台宗寺門派）、開基（創立者）は、静基（じょうき）、本尊は不動明王（鎌倉時代作の木像）。
English: It was originally situated in what is now the Murasakino area of Kita Ward, Kyoto City but was relocated to its current location in order to escape the Onin War.
Japanese: 当初は現在の京都市北区(京都市)紫野にあったが応仁の乱を逃れるため現在地に移転したとされる。
English: The main hall was formerly the palace of the wife of Emperor Higashiyama, Empress Dowager Joshumonin, and the four-legged gate and entranceway were also relocated from the Imperial palace.
Japanese: 本堂は東山天皇の中宮、承秋門院の旧殿であり、四脚門・車寄せも御所より移築されたものである。
English: Tomomi IWAKURA also briefly resided at the temple during the last days of the Tokugawa government and the records of the secret meetings held at the time still remain.
Japanese: 幕末には岩倉具視も一時ここに住んでおり、当時の密談の記録などが残されている。
English: The temple is a place where visitors go to view the new green leaves and red autumn leaves, and the unique black floor which reflects the surrounding scenery is also known as "The Green Leaf Floor" or "The Red Leaf Floor".
Japanese: 新緑、紅葉の頃とも見所となっており特に、部屋の黒い床に景色が反射する光景は床みどり、床もみじと呼ばれ珍しいものである。
English: Shojoke-in Temple is one of the seven great head temples of Jodo Sect (the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 清浄華院（しょうじょうけいん）は京都市上京区にある浄土宗大本山七ヶ寺の一つである。
English: The origin of Shojoke-in Temple lies in the Buddha hall that Jikaku Daishi Ennin began to build in the Imperial Palace in the year 860 under the order of Emperor Seiwa.
Japanese: 起源は貞観(日本)2年（860年）に清和天皇の勅願により慈覚大師円仁が御所内に仏殿を造営に着手したのが始まりである。
English: The temple came to be devoted to the Pure Land Sect after Emperor Goshirakawa, Emperor Takakura and Emperor Gotoba studied the teachings of sect founder Honen and he was subsequently granted the temple.
Japanese: 浄土宗となったのは開祖法然の教えにふれた後白河天皇、高倉天皇、後鳥羽天皇が戒めを受けた縁により法然にこの寺が与えられたからである。
English: Hoju-ji Temple is a Tendai Sect Buddhist temple located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 法住寺（ほうじゅうじ）は日本の京都市東山区にある天台宗の仏教寺院である。
English: It was founded in the mid Heian period by FUJIWARA no Tamemitsu and, following this, Emperor Goshirakawa centered his court at the temple as 'Hojuji-dono Palace' during his period of cloistered rule.
Japanese: 平安時代中期に藤原為光によって創設され、その後院政期にはこの寺を中心に後白河天皇の宮廷「法住寺殿」がいとなまれた。
English: Hojuji-dono Palace was set ablaze by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka, the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa passed away several years later and Hoju-ji Temple continued to serve as his mausoleum until the end of the Edo period when the tomb and temple were separated in the Meiji period.
Japanese: 法住寺殿が源義仲によって焼き討ちされ、数年を経て後白河上皇もなくなると、法住寺は後白河上皇の天皇陵をまもる寺として江戸時代末期まで存続、明治時代期に御陵と寺が分離され現在にいたる。
English: The temple's statue of "Migawari Fudomyoo" is in the Heian period style.
Japanese: 寺内の『身代不動明王（みがわりふどうみょうおう）』像は、平安期の作風とされる。
English: According to temple legend, this statue was created by Jikaku Daishi and devoutly worshipped by the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa.
Japanese: この不動像は寺伝では慈覚大師が造立したといわれ、後白河上皇の信仰も篤かった。
English: The statue is said to have been used as a substitute for the retired emperor when the temple was set ablaze by Yoshinaka, and is at the center of the Fudo-e festival that is still held every November 15.
Japanese: 義仲の放火のさいに、上皇の身代わりとなったと伝えられており、現在も毎年11月15日には不動会（ふどうえ）がいとなまれる。
English: It is known from "Nihongi Ryaku" (Summary of Japanese Chronologies) and "Fuso Ryakki" (A Brief History of Japan) that Grand Minister FUJIWARA no Tamemitsu held Hoju-ji Temple's 'rakkei hoyo' (a memorial service to celebrate the construction of a temple) in the year 988.
Japanese: 988年(永延2年)、太政大臣藤原為光が法住寺の落慶法要をいとなんだことが『日本紀略』『扶桑略記』などにみえる。
English: The temple's Shaka-do Hall houses a "one jo, six shaku" (approximately 480 cm) tall statue of Shaka Nyorai and statues of Kannon Bosatsu, Enmei Bosatsu and Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu; the Hokke Sanmai-do Hall houses a statue of Fugen Bosatsu; the Jougyou Sanmai-do Hall houses a statue of Amida Nyorai; and the temple would put on lavish ceremonies for Emperor Enyu.
Japanese: 寺域の釈迦堂には本尊金色丈六釈迦如来、薬師如来、観音菩薩、延命菩薩、如意輪菩薩、法華三昧堂には普賢菩薩、常行三昧堂には阿弥陀如来が安置され、円融天皇をむかえて豪華な法要がいとなまれた。
English: In the year 985, Tamemitsu lost both his wife and daughter, Emperor Kazan's court lady, and it is said that he founded a temple to pray for their happiness in the afterlife.
Japanese: 為光は985年(寛和元年）に妻と花山天皇の女御であった娘を相次いでうしなっており、その菩提を弔う目的でこの寺を創建したという。
English: The temple was donated 100 "sustenance" households (fuko) following Tamemitsu's death in the year 992.
Japanese: 992年(正暦3年)、為光の死にあたっては「封戸100戸」が寺に寄進された。
English: After Tamemitsu's death, his descendants protected the temple for a time but it was destroyed in 1032 when fire spread from the Kujo-tei residence.
Japanese: 為光死後、しばらくのあいだ法住寺は子孫によってまもられていたが、1032年(長元5年)、九条邸から燃えひろがった火災によって焼亡。
English: From 1161, the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa exerted cloistered rule from the area around Hoju-ji Temple, constructed by FUJIWARA no Tamemitsu, including the temple itself.
Japanese: 1161年(永暦2年)から、藤原為光が建立した法住寺を中心とした地域に、為光の寺院を包摂するかたちで後白河上皇の御所がいとなまれる。
English: The site was over 10 hectares in size, and the power of the Retired Emperor who also backed the Taira family allowed him to demolish the surrounding buildings to create an expansive estate in which the three Imperial palaces, Nan-den, Sei-den and Hoku-den (Southern Palace, and Western Palace, Northern Palace), were built.
Japanese: その敷地は十余町、平家をうしろだてにした上皇の権威で、周囲の建物はとりこわされ、広大な敷地に南殿、西殿、北殿の三御所がつくられた。
English: In addition to the Retired Emperor's residence, Nan-den Palace also contained the Higashi Komi-do Hall, Fudo-do Hall and Senju-do Hall, and a large pond.
Japanese: 南殿には上皇のすまいとともに、東小御堂、不動堂、千手堂がたちならび、広大な池もあった。