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English: However, such state protection and control of temples is said to have lived on in systems such as Kanto Kigan-ji Temples of Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), Gozan Jussetsu (Five Mountains and Ten Monasteries System) of Muromachi bakufu, and Temple Ordinances of Edo bakufu.
Japanese: しかし、こうした国家による寺院の保護・統制政策自体は鎌倉幕府の関東祈願寺、室町幕府の五山十刹、江戸幕府の寺院諸法度などに継承されていると言える。
English: The Article for the 4th month of the year 680 (May, 680) of "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) contains the words 'Kanshi ruled' and 'two or three kokudai-ji temples' in reference to Daikandai-ji Temple and Kawahara-ji Temple, two temples with deep connections to the Imperial Court, and Hoko-ji Temple, the Soga clan temple and a central temple of Asuka that received protection from the Imperial Court following the Taika Reform.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』天武天皇9年（680年）4月の記事に「官司治むる」「国大寺二三」という文言が見られるが、これは皇室とのつながりの深い大官大寺・川原寺両寺と蘇我氏の氏寺でありながら飛鳥の中心寺院として大化改新以後には代わって朝廷の保護を受けた法興寺を加えた各寺院のこととされている。
English: The phrase 'four dai-ji temples' can be seen in the article for the 12th month of the year 702 (December, 702) of "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicle of Japan Continued) and this is thought to refer to the three above-mentioned temples and Yakushi-ji Temple.
Japanese: 続いて『続日本紀』大宝(日本)2年（702年）12月の記事には、「四大寺」という文言が見られ、これは前述の3寺に薬師寺を加えた4寺を指すと考えられている。
English: When the capital was relocated to the city of Heijo-kyo, Daikandai-ji Temple was moved to the new capital and renamed Taian-ji Temple, while Hoko-ji Temple was also moved and renamed Gango-ji Temple (the former Hoko-ji Temple buildings remained as a branch temple that later became independent as Moto Gango-ji Temple).
Japanese: その後、平城京遷都に伴い、大官大寺は新京に移されて大安寺と改名し、法興寺も移転されて元興寺と改名された（なお、法興寺の旧施設も別院として残されて後に本元興寺として独立する）。
English: In 756, Kofuku-ji Temple, Todai-ji Temple and Horyu-ji Temple were added to the previously mentioned 'four dai-ji temples' to create a total of seven temples recorded as the 'seven dai-ji temples' (however, there is a theory claiming that this refers to the subsequent temples called the 'Nanto (southern capital (Nara)) seven dai-ji temples' created when Kofuku-ji Temple was removed and replaced by Saidai-ji Temple (Nara City).
Japanese: 続いて同じく天平勝宝8歳（8年、756年）には先の「四大寺」に更に興福寺・東大寺・法隆寺の3寺を加えた計7寺が「七大寺」として記されている（ただし、弘福寺を外して西大寺(奈良市)を加えた後世「南都七大寺」と呼ばれた寺院を指すとする説もある）。
English: An article from the 4th month of the year 770 (May, 770) contains a record of the 'twelve dai-ji temples.'
Japanese: 更に同じく宝亀元年（770年）4月の記事では「十二大寺」が記録されている。
English: In 791, Shitenno-ji Temple, Sofuku-ji Temple (Otsu City) and another temple (Kofuku-ji Temple or Saidai-ji Temple) were added to create the 'ten dai-ji temples.'
Japanese: 延暦10年（791年）には四天王寺・崇福寺_(大津市)と1寺（弘福寺あるいは西大寺）を加えて「十大寺」とした。
English: "Engishiki" (book of laws and regulations compiled during the Engi era) refers to the 'ten dai-ji temples' as well as Toshodai-ji, Shin Yakushi-ji Temple, Moto Gango-ji Temple (separated from Hoko-ji Temple and now named Asuka-dera Temple), To-ji Temple and Sai-ji Temple as the 'fifteen dai-ji temples.'
Japanese: 更に『延喜式』においては大寺のうち、「十大寺」と唐招提寺・新薬師寺・本元興寺（法興寺から分離、現・飛鳥寺）・東寺・西寺を「十五大寺」とした。
English: However, it is thought the precise number of temples had little meaning during this period as there is an alternative theory claiming that Moto Gango-ji Temple was replaced by Hokke-ji Temple, and there were temples such as Bonshaku-ji Temple and Kenko-ji Temple (Toyura-dera, present-day Kogen-ji Temple) which were not included among the 'fifteen dai-ji temples' but treated as if they were dai-ji temples and temples with an ordination platform such as Kanzeon-ji Temple and Yakushi-ji Temple (Shimotsuke City) which were also clearly treated as dai-ji temples.
Japanese: ただし、本元興寺を外して法華寺を入れる異説がある他、梵釈寺や建興寺（豊浦寺、現・向原寺）のように「十五大寺」に含まれないが待遇面では大寺の待遇を受けていた寺院や戒壇が置かれた観世音寺・薬師寺(下野市)なども当然に大寺の待遇を受けており、この時期になると名数自体には深い意味は無かったと考えられている。
English: Saiho-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to Jodo (Pure Land) Sect located in Tokiwadeguchi-cho, Ukyo-ku Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 西方寺（さいほうじ）は、京都府京都市右京区常盤出口町にある浄土宗の寺院。
English: Saiho-ji Temple began as a Nenbutsu-do hall named Saiho-ji Temple built in 1259 within the precinct of an existing temple (thought to be Saimyo-ji Temple) by Yoritsuna UTSUNOMIYA (also known as Jisshinbo Renjo), the fifth head of the Utsunomiya clan who became devoted to Honen and entered into Buddhist priesthood.
Japanese: 西方寺は、1259年（正元(日本)元年）、当時既にあった寺（西明寺とされる）の境内に、法然に帰依して出家した宇都宮氏第5代当主宇都宮頼綱（実信房蓮生）が念仏堂を建て、西方寺と読んだことに始まるとされる。
English: Yoritsuna UTSUNOMIYA was a low-ranking vassal in the service of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) who resided at Utsunomiya-jo Castle in the Kanto region but after becoming involved in a political dispute with the Hojo clan and falling under suspicion of plotting a rebellion, he entered the Buddhist priesthood on the recommendation of Naozane KUMAGAI (also known as Kumagai Rensei Hoshi), who himself was led to became a follower of Buddhism by Honen, and secluded himself in Kyoto.
Japanese: 宇都宮頼綱は関東・宇都宮城にあって鎌倉幕府に仕える御家人であったが、北条氏との政権抗争に巻き込まれ、謀反の嫌疑をかけられたのを機に折から熊谷直実（熊谷蓮生法師）の勧めで入信していた法然の元で出家し、京に隠遁した人物である。
English: While in Kyoto, he became close friends with FUJIWARA no Sadaie and allowed his daughter to marry Sadaie's eldest son FUJIWARA no Tameie.
Japanese: 京では藤原定家と懇意になり、定家の長男藤原為家に娘を嫁がせ姻戚を結んだ。
English: August 1017: Imperial Prince Atsuakira resigns from his position as crown prince to live a secluded life in the area under the name Koichijoin.
Japanese: 1017年（寛仁元年）8月-敦明親王、皇太子を辞し小一条院としてこの地にて隠棲する。
English: 1269: The Nenbutsu-do hall established by Yoritsuna UTSUNOMIYA (Jisshinbo Rensei) is named Saiho-ji Temple.
Japanese: 1259年（正元元年）-宇都宮頼綱（実信房蓮生）が建立した念仏堂を西方寺と称す。
English: 1467: The buildings of Ninna-ji Temple in Omuro are completely destroyed during the Onin War and the temple foundation was relocated to the area.
Japanese: 1467年（応仁元年）-応仁の乱により御室仁和寺の伽藍が全焼、寺基をこの地に移す。
English: 1940: Nara period earthenware artifacts and Heian-Kamakura period roof tiles unearthed.
Japanese: 1940年（昭和15年）-奈良時代の土器と平安時代～鎌倉時代の瓦が出土。
English: Take the Kyoto City Transportation Bureau number 75 bus for Yamagoe Nakacho for 35-40 minutes, alight at 'Uzumasa Eigamura-michi' and walk for 3 minutes.
Japanese: 京都市交通局　75番山越中町行き乗車30～40分、「太秦映画村道」下車徒歩3分。
English: Shikichi-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kita-ku Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 敷地神社（しきちじんじゃ）は、京都市北区(京都市)にある神社である。
English: The main deity is Konohanano sakuyabime which is enshrined with the associated deities Amenohiwashi no mikoto and Takuhata chijihime no mikoto.
Japanese: コノハナノサクヤビメを主祭神とし、天日鷲命・栲幡千千姫命を配祀する。
English: The area originally enshrined Tenjinchige (the gods of heaven and earth) as the god of Kitayama that descended at Kinugasa-mura Village, Kadono-gun County.
Japanese: 元々当地には、北山の神として葛野郡衣笠村に降臨した天神地祇が祀られていた。
English: In 831, an ice house was built on the site and the divided deity of Sugo Isobe-jinja Shrine (Shikichi-tenjin Shrine) which was revered by the laborer who moved to the area to work from Kaga Province there was enshrined alongside the god of Kitayama and established as Sugo Isobe no kami's mother deity Konohana sakuyahime no mikoto.
Japanese: 天長8年（831年）、この地に氷室が設けられ、その夫役として加賀国から移住した者が、崇敬していた菅生石部神社（敷地天神）の神を勧請し、北山の神の隣に祀って菅生石部神の母神の木花開耶姫命を祭神に定めたという。
English: When Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA constructed Kitayama-dono Palace (which later became Rokuon-ji Temple (also known as Kinkaku-ji Temple)) in 1397, it became inconvenient for visitors to access the shrines so both shrines were relocated to their current sites.
Japanese: 応永4年（1397年）、足利義満が北山殿（後の鹿苑寺（金閣寺））を造営するに当たり、参拝に不便になったことから、両社を合祀して現在地に遷座した。
English: It gained the common name 'Wara Tenjin' after the wara (straw) provided as safe childbirth charms, and it is said that a mother will give birth to a boy if the straw has a joint and a girl if the straw does not have a joint.
Japanese: 安産御守として藁が授与されることから「わら天神」の通称があり、藁に節があれば男児、節がなければ女児が誕生すると言われている。
English: Nogi-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located at Fushimi-Momoyama Mausoleum (the mausoleum of the Emperor Meiji) in Fushimi-ku Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 乃木神社（のぎじんじゃ）は、京都市伏見区の伏見桃山陵（明治天皇陵）の麓にある神社である。
English: Sanjin MURANO of the Satsuma Domain (Kagoshima Prefecture) successively served as the director of numerous railway companies those in Settsu, Yanyo, Nankai and Keihan Railway Administration Office including Moji Railway Administration Office in Hoshu (north Kyushu region).
Japanese: 建立の中心となった村野山人は薩摩藩（鹿児島県）出身で、豊州の門司鉄道をはじめ、摂津、山陽、南海、京阪等の各鉄道の取締役を歴任した人物である。
English: Therefore, on the first anniversary of Maresuke NOGI's death, he resigned from his job and, at his own expense, resolved to inform future generations of the type of man that General Nogi was and how he embodied traditional Japanese loyalty and sacrifice.
Japanese: そして、乃木希典の1周忌に会社の職を辞し私財を投じて、乃木将軍の人となり・日本人の心を後世に伝えることに尽くそうと考えた。
English: He aimed to do this by constructing a shrine at the mausoleum of the Emperor Meiji and raising the spirit of the nation.
Japanese: それが明治天皇の陵の麓に神社を立てることであり、精神の高揚を図ることであった。
English: Shinmon gate: A large gate said to be made from a single trunk of 3000 year-old Taiwanese hinoki cypress.
Japanese: 神門--樹齢3千年というタイワンヒノキ1幹で立てられたという大門である。
English: Maresuke NOGI was the third Governor-General of Taiwan and well-liked by the population who it is said happily cooperated with the felling of the large tree.
Japanese: 乃木は第3代の台湾総督で、現地の人々から慕われ、神社創建の際、現地人が喜んで大木の切り出しに協力したという逸話がある。
English: Aratama-go and Su-go: Bronze statues of the white horse Su-go, Maresuke NOGI's favorite horse given to him by the Russian General Anatolii Stoessel, and its offspring Aratama-go stand as if guarding the front of the shrine.
Japanese: 璞号・壽号--乃木の愛馬で、ロシアの将軍アナトーリイ・ステッセリから贈られた白馬・壽号とその子馬・璞号の銅像が社頭を守るように建っている。
English: Former residence of Maresuke NOGI: When Maresuke NOGI was a child, his father Maretsugu NOGI was a samurai in the service of the Mori clan of Azabu in Edo.
Japanese: 長府乃木旧邸--乃木が幼少のとき、父乃木希次は江戸麻布にあった毛利藩に仕える武士であった。
English: This is a reproduction of the house in his father's native Chofu in which the family lived after being driven from Edo and placed under house being confined to their house after his father proposed a reformation of the domain at his master's request that displeased the high ranking retainers.
Japanese: 藩主の要請で藩の改革を提言したところ、そのことを快く思わない幹部藩士に陥れられ、一家は江戸を追われ閉門蟄居の身隣となり、その後、国元の長府で暮らすことになったときの住まいを再現したものである。
English: Museum: A house that was used as the third army headquarters during the Russo-Japanese War and purchased from the owner and relocated to its current site at the time of the shrine's founding.
Japanese: 記念館--日露戦争のとき第3軍司令部として使用された民家を、神社創建時に、現地で家主から建物全体を買い上げ、そのまま移築したものである。
English: The masonry used is from the original site, and is a highly unique quartzite containing a 'ripple pattern' fossil that is said to have been formed over 500 million years ago.
Japanese: 従って建物の腰石も現地で使われていた物であり、5億年以上前に形成されたという「漣痕」模様の化石がみられる成珪岩という実に珍しいものである。
English: Treasure hall: Contains artifacts including books hand-written by Maresuke NOGI and letters to his close subordinates and the families who lost relatives in the Russo-Japanese War.
Japanese: 宝物館--乃木直筆の書をはじめ、親交深かった部下や日露戦争で息子を失った親、遺族に宛てた手紙等がある。
English: General Nogi monument: Painted by Soho TOKUTOMI on the request of a woman from Osaka who greatly admired Maresuke NOGI who met with General Stoessel when many Russian POWs were transported to Hamadera in Osaka after the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
Japanese: 乃木将軍景仰の碑--日露戦争終結後、多数のロシア軍捕虜が大阪浜寺に護送されてきた折、敵味方の別なくステッセル将軍と会見した乃木将軍の心に感服した大阪の一女史に依頼されて徳富蘇峰が揮毫したものである。
English: Azuma (armored cruiser) main anchor: This Azuma armored cruiser was active during the Russo-Japanese War and retired in 1944 but was relocated to its current site to serve as a memorial as a result of the strong desire of former navy veterans from Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 吾妻(装甲巡洋艦)の主錨--日露戦争時、装甲巡洋艦として活躍した吾妻は、昭和19年引退したが、京都府出身旧海軍従軍者の熱願によって慰霊のモニュメントとして移設、安置された。
English: Sadayuki GOTO ('Aiba Shisso,' Favorite Horse Sprinting), Sataro KAJI ('Obin Shipoyaki,' Large Cloisonne Vase), Yuichi OGURA (bust of General Nogi), Kanbashi YUZUKI (Su-go and Aratama-go), Akira OTSUKA ('Daigyosen,' Large Fishing Boat), Yasunari FUJIKI (statue of a young Maresuke NOGI polishing rice)
Japanese: 後藤貞行（愛馬疾走）梶佐太郎（大瓶七宝焼）小倉祐一（乃木将軍胸像）柚月芳（壽号・璞号）大塚明（大漁船）藤木康成（乃木少年米搗きの像）
English: The temple is reputed to have been established during the Heian period as the sub-temple for retirement of the Tendai Sect Hanju-in Temple in modern-day Hanjuinmae-cho, Imadegawa Street Senbon Higashi-iru, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: この寺は、現在京都市上京区今出川通千本東入般舟院前町にある天台宗寺院般舟院の隠居寺として、平安時代に建立されたという。
English: The principal image housed within the main hall is a board mandala transcribed in November 2005 before Nikken Shonin retired as 67th head priest of Nichiren Sho Sect Sohonzan (Head Temple) Taiseki-ji Temple.
Japanese: 本堂安置の本尊は、日蓮正宗総本山大石寺第67世法主日顕上人が退座直前の平成17年（2005年）11月に書写した板曼荼羅。
English: The former chief priests of Juhon-ji Temple (Higashiyama-ku Ward, Kyoto City), Kujo Juhon-ji Temple (Minami-ku Ward, Kyoto City) and Shufuku-ji Temple (Ide-cho, Tsuzuki-gun County) were excommunicated for violating sect regulations by denying 67th high priest Nikken Shonin's position as high priest.
Japanese: 住本寺（京都市東山区）・九条住本寺（京都市南区）・修福寺(井手町)（綴喜郡井手町）の元住職が、第67世法主日顕上人の法主としての地位を否定したため日蓮正宗の宗制宗規に違反して破門された。
English: However, the former chief priests continued to reside at these temples and so they became unable to function as normal Nichiren Sho Sect institutions.
Japanese: しかし、元住職がこれらの寺院を占有し、居住を継続したために、3ヵ寺は日蓮正宗としての正常な活動が出来なくなった。
English: In addition, Noei-ji Temple (Fushimi-ku Ward, Kyoto City) and Kenbutsu-ji Temple (Uji City) withdrew from the Nichiren Sho Sect to join the Soka Gakkai.
Japanese: 更には、能栄寺（京都市伏見区）・顕仏寺（宇治市）の2ヵ寺が、日蓮正宗より創価学会へ宗派離脱をおこなった。
English: As a result of these incidents, a state arose in which there were no Nichiren Sho Sect temples in southern Kyoto or the surrounding area.
Japanese: これらの結果、京都市南部および周辺地域において日蓮正宗の寺院が不在となる状況が生じてしまった。
English: This led the followers to donate their land and property to Nichiren Sho Sect by the wish of Yoshiaki KAWAHARA and his wife Sadako, on which Sensho-ji Temple was constructed.
Japanese: この事を受け、河原義明・定子夫妻の発願によって日蓮正宗への土地建物の寄進が行われ、それをもとに創建された寺院である。
English: 13 minutes walk (2 minutes by car) from Roku Jizo Station on the JR Nara Line or Kyoto City Subway Tozai Line
Japanese: JR奈良線・京都市営地下鉄東西線六地蔵駅下車、徒歩13分（車で2分）
English: Seiryozan Sennyu-ji Temple was established in Fukuchiyama City on February 8, 1967 but the head priest at the time denied 67th head priest Nikken's position as High Priest on September 16, 1982, so was excommunicated for violating the regulations of the Nichiren Shohu Sect.
Japanese: 福知山市には1967年2月8日に清涼山泉涌寺が建立されたが、1982年9月16日に当時の住職が第67世法主日顕上人の法主としての地位を否定したため、日蓮正宗の宗制宗規に違背したことにより破門された。
English: However, his continued residence at Sennyu-ji Temple hindered the activities of the Nichiren Shoshu Sect in the Fukuchiyama City area, and it is for this reason that Kenmyo-ji Temple was established.
Japanese: しかし、泉涌寺の占有・居住を継続したため、福知山市周辺において日蓮正宗の宗教活動に支障を生じたため建立されたものである。
English: Sennyu-ji Temple returned to the Nichiren Shoshu Sect after the death of the head priest but was closed after being annexed by Kenmyo-ji Temple.
Japanese: -当時の泉涌寺住職の死去により泉涌寺が日蓮正宗に復帰したが顕妙寺に統合されて廃寺となる。
English: The temple returned to the Nichiren Shoshu Sect when a new head priest was appointed following the departure of the head priest who had left the Nichiren Shoshu Sect.
Japanese: -日蓮正宗を離脱した住職が退去し、新住職が着任し日蓮正宗に復帰する。
English: Rokuo-in Temple is an independent Buddhist temple under the Rinzai Sect lineage located in Saga Kitabori-cho, Ukyo-ku Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 鹿王院（ろくおういん）は京都市右京区嵯峨北堀町にある臨済宗系の単立寺院。
English: The kaiki (founding patron) was Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, and the kaizan (first head priest) was Myoha SHUNOKU.
Japanese: 開基（創立者）は足利義満、開山（初代住持）は春屋妙葩（しゅんおくみょうは）である。
English: Rokuo-in Temple was a sub-temple (a temple established to protect the graves of successive chief priests) of Hodo-ji Temple which was founded by Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: 鹿王院は、足利義満が建立した宝幢寺という寺の塔頭（たっちゅう）であった（塔頭とは、禅寺等で歴代住持の墓塔を守るために建立される寺院）。
English: After Hodo-ji Temple disappeared as a result of the Onin War, only the kaizan's sub-temple Rokuo-in Temple remained and took on the temple registration.
Japanese: 宝幢寺は応仁の乱で廃絶し、その後は開山の塔頭であった鹿王院のみが残って寺籍を継いでいる。
English: The Muromachi period record "Kaei Sandai-ki" (Record of the Flowering Three Generations) and the kaizan's biography "Hodo Kaizan Chikaku Fumyo Kokushi Gyoko Jitsuroku" state the following regarding the founding of Hodo-ji Temple.
Japanese: 室町時代の記録である『花営三代記』や、開山伝の『宝幢開山知覚普明国師行業実録』によると、宝幢寺の建立経緯は次のとおりである。
English: One night in 1379, Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA had a revelation in a dream that told him 'You will fall ill this year and the only way to extend your life is to establish a temple for the worship of Hodo Bosatsu.'
Japanese: 足利義満は康暦元年（1379年）のある夜、「そなたは今年中に大患をわずらうが、宝幢菩薩を祀る伽藍を建立すれば寿命が延びるであろう」との夢告を受けた。
English: This led Yoshimitsu to name as kaizan the Zen monk Myoha SHUNOKU (also known as Fumyo Kokushi) to whom he had become devoted, and the temple was completed in 1380.
Japanese: そのため、義満は自らの帰依する禅僧春屋妙葩（普明国師）を開山として一寺を建立することとし、康暦2年（1380年）完成した。
English: It is said that the original temple name was Kosei-ji Temple but that this was later changed to Hodo-ji Temple (formal name Daifukuden Hodo-zenji Temple).
Japanese: 当初の寺号を興聖寺といい、後に宝幢寺（詳名は大福田宝幢禅寺）に改称したという。
English: Rokuo-in Temple was founded in 1387 as a sub-temple to protect the grave of the kaizan after his death (Myoha SHUNOKU passed away in the following year of 1388).
Japanese: 鹿王院は、嘉慶元年（1387年）、開山の春屋妙葩の寿塔（生前に造る墓）を守る塔頭として創建されたものである（春屋の死去は翌嘉慶2年・1388年）。
English: Hodo-ji Temple was a large temple ranked 5th of the 10 great Zen temples but disappeared as a result of the Onin War.
Japanese: 宝幢寺は禅寺十刹の第5位に列せられる大寺であったが、応仁の乱で廃絶。
English: Rokuo-in Temple was restored by Tadatomo SAKAI (the son of Tadatsugu SAKAI, one of Tokugawa-Shitenno (four generals serving Ieyasu TOKUGAWA)) between 1661 and 1673, and Tadatomo's son Genchiku KOSHIN was named restoration kaizan.
Japanese: 鹿王院は寛文年間（1661-1673）、酒井忠知（徳川四天王の一人である酒井忠次の子）によって再興され、忠知の子である虎岑玄竹（こしんげんちく）が中興開山となった。
English: Main hall (Kaizan-do): A hosangen (the length between front pillars and those of side pillars are three squared mats) yosemune-zukuri style (hipped roof on a square building) building with a pantile roof.
Japanese: 本堂（開山堂）-方三間（柱間が正面側面とも3間）、寄棟造、桟瓦葺き。
English: The building serves as both Buddha hall housing the principal image seated statue of Shaka Nyorai and the burial place of the kaizan Myoha SHUNOKU.
Japanese: 本尊釈迦如来坐像を安置する仏殿であるとともに、開山春屋妙葩の塔所でもある。
English: In addition to the principal image statue, it also houses works including a statue of Fumyo Kokushi (Myoha SHUNOKU), a statue of Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA and a statue of Koshin Osho.
Japanese: 本尊像のほか、普明国師（春屋妙葩）像、足利義満像、虎岑和尚像などを安置する。
English: Shariden (reliquary hall): A hosangen, hogyo-zukuri style (conical roof with no horizontal ridge beam) building with a pantile roof and a pent roof enclosure.
Japanese: 舎利殿-方三間、宝形造（大棟のない四角錐状の屋根）桟瓦葺き、裳階付きの堂。
English: The miniature shrine within the hall houses a two-tier pagoda containing Buddhist relics offered by MINAMOTO no Sanetomo (only open to the public on October 15).
Japanese: 堂内の厨子には源実朝将来と伝える仏舎利を込めた多宝塔を安置する（10月15日のみ公開）。
English: Garden: The flat dry landscape garden incorporating the scenery of Arashiyama at the front of the reliquary hall is covered with moss and decorated with stone arrangements and shrubs.
Japanese: 庭園-舎利殿前に広がる、嵐山を借景とした庭園で、苔で覆われ、石組と植え込みを配した平庭式枯山水庭園である。
English: Color on silk portrait of Muso Kokushi (designated an Important Cultural Property in 1906) inscribed by Toryo Eiyo.
Japanese: 絹本著色夢窓国師像（1906年重文指定）東陵永よの賛あり（「よ」は王篇に「與」）
English: In addition to the above, 8 Important Cultural Property designated Lotus Sutra (on color paper) scrolls were also kept at the temple but these are currently deposited at Nara National Museum.
Japanese: 上記の他、重要文化財の法華経（色紙経）8巻があったが、現在は奈良国立博物館の所蔵となっている。
English: Renge-ji Temple is situated on the bank of the Takano-gawa River (Kyoto City), one of the sources of the Kamo-gawa River (the Yodo-gawa River system), beside Saba Kaido (Mackerel Road, now National Highway Route 367) which leads into Kyoto City.
Japanese: 蓮華寺は鴨川(淀川水系)源流のひとつの高野川(京都市)のほとり、かつての鯖街道（現・国道367号線）の京都口の傍らにある。
English: However, it was originally a Ji Sect temple named Sairaiin Temple located at Shichijo Shiokoji (the area around the present-day Kyoto Station) that was destroyed by fire during the Onin War and rebuilt in 1662 during the early Edo period by the Kaga clan retainer Chikayoshi IMAEDA.
Japanese: しかし、もとは七条塩小路（現在の京都駅付近）にあった西来院という時宗寺院であり、応仁の乱に際して焼失したものを江戸時代初期の1662年（寛文2年）に、加賀藩の家臣、今枝近義が再建したものである。
English: It is said that the Enryaku-ji Temple monk Jitsuzobo Jisshun was invited to serve as kaisan (first head priest) following this reconstruction.
Japanese: 再建に際して開山として招かれたのは延暦寺の僧、実蔵坊実俊（じつぞうぼうじっしゅん）であると伝えられる。
English: Because a Tendai Sect monk was invited to serve as head priest and the fact that the temple precinct was previously the site of a temple named Renge-ji Temple, the newly rebuilt temple was given this name and devoted to the Tendai Sect.
Japanese: 開山として招かれたのが天台宗僧であること、境内地が蓮華寺という寺院の跡地であったことから、寺号が改められ、天台宗に帰属するようになった。
English: Its inclusion in the Tendai Sect was finalized by Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei becoming the Honzan (head temple) and it becoming a branch temple of Jitsuzobo of Enryaku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 以来、比叡山延暦寺を本山とし、延暦寺実蔵坊の末寺のひとつとして天台宗に属している。
English: He entered the Buddhist priesthood in his last years, took the name Soji Kyoshi and secluded himself in a small thatched hut where he engaged in the cultured pursuits of writing poetry, painting and the tea ceremony.
Japanese: 晩年に至って得度し、宗二（そうじ）居士と号して、詩書や絵画、茶道に通じた文人として草庵を結んだ。
English: He believed Buddhism so much and wished to build a temple in Kamitakano, however, passed away in 1627 before his wish came true.
Japanese: また、仏道への帰依の念も深く、上高野の地に寺院を建立することを願っていたが、果たせずして1627年（寛永4年）に死去した。
English: It is thought that Chikayoshi built Renge-ji Temple at the request of his grandfather in order to pray for his soul in the afterlife.
Japanese: 近義が蓮華寺を造営したのは、祖父の願いに応え、菩提を弔うためと考えられている。
English: The journal of Doyu KUROKAWA's visit Renge-ji Temple in 1681 (included in "Tohoku Rekiran no Ki" (Records of looking around Tohoku region)) says that the Renge-ji's construction was carried out with the cooperation between the poet and calligrapher Jozan ISHIKAWA who built the Shisen-do hall, the scholar of Neo-Confucianism Junan KINOSHITA, the Kano School artist Tanyu KANO, Obaku Sect founder Ingen Ryuki Zenshi, and the 2nd chief priest Mokuan Seito Zenshi; and the 1786 publication "Shui Miyako Meisho Zue" (Images of Famous Places in Kyoto) includes an image of the temple precinct.
Japanese: 蓮華寺の造営にあたって、詩人・書家で詩仙堂を造営した石川丈山、朱子学者の木下順庵、狩野派画家の狩野探幽、黄檗宗の開祖である隠元隆き禅師や第二世の木庵性トウ禅師らが協力したことが、1681年（延宝9年）に蓮華寺を訪れた黒川道祐の訪問記（『東北歴覧之記』所収）に記され、1786年（天明6年）の「拾遺都名所図会」には境内図が描かれている。
English: It was the cooperation of these men of culture that resulted in Renge-ji Temple possessing its Obaku Sect style buildings and early Edo period archetypal pond appreciation style garden.
Japanese: 上述のような文人たちの協力を得て造営されたことにより、蓮華寺は黄檗宗の様式の建築と江戸初期の池泉鑑賞式の典型ともいえる庭園をもつ寺院となった。
English: The hanging bell bears an inscription reading '2nd Obaku Sect High Priest Mokuan Tozan' and has the same shape of the bell at Manpuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 釣鐘には「黄檗二世木庵瑫山僧」の銘が刻まれており、萬福寺と同じ形式である。
English: Upon entering the sanmon gate, what is said to be approximately 300 stone Buddha statues are standing to the left.
Japanese: 山門を入ってすぐ、左手には約300体といわれる石仏群が居並んでいる。
English: The area around Kawaramachi-dori Street was formerly the bank of the Kamo-gawa River, and served as a place in which the bodies of those who died in conflicts and natural disasters as well as the executed were abandoned.
Japanese: 河原町通周辺はかつて鴨川の河原で、戦災や天災による死者や刑死者の屍が打ち捨てられる遺棄葬の場であった。
English: The stone Buddha statues created to pray for the dead were buried by the flooding of the Kamo-gawa River but unearthed during construction work and are used to conduct memorial ceremonies.
Japanese: そうした死者を弔うための石仏群が、鴨川の氾濫によって埋没していたものが工事によって掘り起こされ、供養されているのがこの石仏群である。
English: These statues all depict Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairocana) which surround a central statue of Jizo Bosatsu (Jizo Bodhisattva).
Japanese: これらの石仏群はいずれも大日如来像で、中央には地蔵菩薩像が配されている。