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English: After the Butsuden and Hatto were destroyed by fire in 1881, reconstruction work began in 1917 and was completed in 1934.
Japanese: 1881年に仏殿と法堂が焼けた後、1917年から再建工事にかかり、1934年（昭和9年）に完成した。
English: It is a large scale hall measuring 25.5 meters in height with a frontage of 41.4 meters and it is said to be the largest wooden structure of the Showa era.
Japanese: 高さ25.5メートル、間口41.4メートルの大規模な堂で、昭和期の木造建築としては最大のものと言われている。
English: The statue of the main deity of veneration, the Buddha Shakamuni (standing and flanked by Ananda and Mahakasyapa), is a Kamakura period original as it was relocated here from Manju-ji Temple after the fire of 1881.
Japanese: 本尊釈迦三尊像（本尊は立像、脇侍は阿難と迦葉）は、1881年の火災後に万寿寺から移されたもので、鎌倉時代の作である。
English: The gardens arranged to the east, west and south of the building were designed by modern landscape architect Mirei SHIGEMORI.
Japanese: 庭園は近代の造園家・重森三玲の作で、方丈を囲み、東、西、南に配される。
English: After being destroyed by fired in 1819, reconstruction was undertaken and completed before 1826.
Japanese: 文政2年（1819年）焼失後、同9年（1826年）までに再建された。
English: A two-storey building named 'Dennekaku' is at the center of the Shodo.
Japanese: 昭堂の中央部分は2階建の楼閣となっており、伝衣閣（でんねかく）と称する。
English: It is considered to be one of the five great towers of Kyoto along with Kinkaku (Rokuon-ji Temple), Ginkaku (Jisho-ji Temple), Hiunkaku (West-Hongan-ji Temple), and Donkokaku (Hoshun-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji Temple).
Japanese: 金閣（鹿苑寺）、銀閣（慈照寺）、飛雲閣（西本願寺）、呑湖閣（大徳寺塔頭芳春院）と並び「京の五閣」といわれている。
English: The oldest and largest surviving medieval zendo is this single storey pent gable roof building reconstructed in 1347 that occupies a magnificent position and is reminiscent of its ancient origins.
Japanese: 貞和3年(1347年)に再建された豪壮な姿に往時の隆盛がしのばれる単層・裳階（もこし）付切妻造りの建物で、中世期より現存する最大最古の禅堂である。
English: This sole surviving example of a Muromachi period Zen style tosu (lavatory) is the oldest and largest in Japan, and has also come to be known as the 'hundred toilet' due to the fact that it was used many student monks simultaneously.
Japanese: 室町時代唯一、日本最古最大の禅宗式の東司（便所）の遺構で、多くの修行僧が一斉に用を足すことから百雪隠（ひゃくせっちん）とも呼ばれる。
English: This single story building with a formal tiled hip-and-gable roof at the front and gable roof at the back is known as the remains of Kyoto's oldest bath house, which was built in 1459.
Japanese: 前面を入母屋造、後方を切妻造にした単層本瓦葺の建物で、1459年に建てられた京都最古の浴室建築の遺構として知られる。
English: Inside, two steam baths stand on the main wooden floor and in the rear are kettles and furnace openings.
Japanese: 内部は正面板敷きの上に2つの蒸し風呂が並び、後方に釜と焚き口がある。
English: This cypress bark gable-roofed four-legged gate retains Kamakura period detailing such as its frog-leg struts and is said to be the Gekka-mon Gate of Kyoto Imperial Palace that was granted to Sanetsune ICHIJO by Emperor Kameyama when he built Joraku-an in 1268.
Japanese: 板蟇股（かえるまた）など細部にわたり鎌倉時代の特色をよく残す切妻造・檜皮葺木の四脚門で、文永5年(1268年)に一条実経が常楽庵を建立した際に亀山天皇が京都御所の月華門を下賜されたと伝えられる。
English: This early Kamakura period gate located at the southernmost point of the southern main monastery was given this name as it was relocated from its original site at the Hojo clan Rokuhara government office.
Japanese: 南正面に立つ本坊伽藍の最南端にある鎌倉時代前期の門で、もと北条氏の六波羅政庁にあったものを移したことから、この名で呼ばれている。
English: This single storey bridge corridor topped by a gable roof with base tiles is one of the three bridges that spans the valley as it leads to Tatchu (sub-temple), Ryogin-an Temple and Sokushu-in Temple from the head temple and, it and its downstream counterparts Tsuten-kyo Bridge and Gaun-kyo Bridge, are known as the Three Bridges of Tofuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 本坊より塔頭、龍吟・即宗両院に至る三ノ橋渓谷に架かる単層切妻造り・桟瓦葺きの木造橋廊で、下流の通天・臥雲両橋とともに東福寺三名橋と呼ばれる。
English: This bridge corridor that spans Sengyokukan valley and leads from the Butsuden to the Kaisando (Joraku-an), was built in 1380 by Shunoku Myoha in order to save monks from the hardship of crossing the valley.
Japanese: 仏殿から開山堂（常楽庵）に至る渓谷・洗玉澗（せんぎょくかん）に架けられた橋廊で、天授(日本)6年（1380年）に春屋妙葩（しゅんおくみょうは）が谷を渡る労苦から僧を救うため架けたと伝えられる。
English: In 1959, it was destroyed by a typhoon but was rebuilt 2 years later with the piers being constructed from reinforced concrete.
Japanese: 昭和34年（1959年）台風で崩壊したが2年後に再建、その際橋脚部分は鉄筋コンクリートとなった。
English: This sub-temple is located behind the Kuri of the main hall on the flatland at the base of the mountain where Engetsu-kyo Bridge is crossed and was built just before the death of the third head priest of Tofuku-ji Temple and Nanzen-ji Temple kaisan (founding priest) Mukan Fumon in order to serve as his burial place.
Japanese: 本坊庫裏の背後、偃月橋を渡ったところの山裾の平坦地に位置する塔頭で、東福寺三世・南禅寺開山である無関普門の塔所（墓所）として、入寂直前に創建された。
English: Founded between 1321 and 1324 by Uchitsune ICHIJO, chief advisor to the emperor, in memory of his father and is also known as Sesshu-ji Temple after its gardens that are said to have been created by the renowned India-ink painter Sesshu.
Japanese: 元亨年間(1321-1324)に当時の関白であった一条内経が父の菩提を弔うために創建した塔頭で、水墨画を大成した雪舟の作と伝えられる名庭があることから雪舟寺とも呼ばれている。
English: This sub-temple was founded by Giyo Hoshu in 1390 and gained the reverence of the Higo Hosokawa clan from whom it is believed to have been given the gift of an Iai-seki stone representing Mt. Shumisen and a stone boat between 1624-1644.
Japanese: 明徳元年(1390年)に岐陽方秀が開いた塔頭で、肥後細川氏の信仰をうけ、寛永年間(1624-44)に「遺愛石」と銘をつけた須弥台と石船を寄贈されたという。
English: Founded during the Bunan era (1444-1448) in the mid Muromachi period in Tofuku-ji Temple's 129th year; the seated statue of the main deity of veneration, Fudo Myoo (Important Cultural Property), thought to have been created by Jocho's father Kosho is said to have been the central deity of the Godaido (hall dedicated to the five guardian kings) that was established by FUJIWARA no Michinaga in old Hossho-ji Temple in 1006.
Japanese: 室町時代中期の文安年間(1444-1448)に東福寺第129世が開山した塔頭で、定朝の父・康尚の作といわれる本尊・不動明王坐像（重文）は、寛弘3年(1006年)に藤原道長が旧法性寺に建立した五大堂の中尊と伝える。
English: Founded by Kinzan Myosho in 1391 with a garden named 'Hashin-no-niwa' created by Mirei SHIGEMORI.
Japanese: 明徳2年(1391年)に金山明昶（きんざんみょうしょう）により創建された塔頭で、重森三玲による「波心の庭」がある。
English: Founded by Zen master Mumu Issei during the Shohei era (1346-1370) in Tofuku-ji Temple's 30th year; the dry landscape garden completely covered in hair moss is beautifully complemented by the blue and white of the Chinese bellflowers.
Japanese: 正平(日本)年間(1346-70)に東福寺第30世・無夢一清禅師が開いた塔頭で、びっしりと杉苔に覆われた枯山水の庭園に凛と咲くキキョウの青や白の花が美しい。
English: This sub-temple, founded in 1346 by the 43rd chief priest of Tofuku-ji Temple Shokai Reiken, became temporarily ruined during the Onin war but was restored by Ankokuji Ekei in 1599.
Japanese: 貞和2年(1346年)に東福寺第43世住持・性海霊見（しょうかいれいけん）によって創建された塔頭で、応仁の乱により一時荒廃したが、慶長4年(1599年)に安国寺恵瓊（あんこくじえけい）によって再興された。
English: Believed to have once stood in Takakura, Manjuji-dori, Shimogyo Ward and was highly renowned as the fifth of the Kyoto-Gozan.
Japanese: かつては下京区万寿寺通高倉にあったとされ、京都五山の第五位として大いに栄えていた。
English: In Zen Buddhism, a disciple's training is concluded by the presentation of his master's portrait and this specimen was presented by Enni.
Japanese: 禅宗では、弟子に師匠の肖像画を与えることは、修行が完了したことの印であり、この肖像画も円爾が師から与えられたものである。
English: Many of the paintings, sculptures, crafts, documents etc. that have been designated Important Cultural Properties are kept in the Komyo Hoden but are not on public display.
Japanese: 重要文化財の絵画、彫刻、工芸品、文書等の多くは光明宝殿に保管されているが一般公開はされていない。
English: Joraku-an Kaisando, Shodo, Kyakuden (guest hall) (Fumonin), Tassuryo (reception building), Kuri (priest's living quarters or kitchen), Romon gate, Bell tower, Uramon (rear gate).
Japanese: 常楽庵開山堂・昭堂、客殿（普門院）、塔司寮（書院）、庫裏、楼門、鐘楼、裏門
English: Tofuku-ji Temple archives (5585) including 43 scrolls, 129 plates, 1474 books, 67 folding books, 3770 sheets of paper, 51 shiki, 6 leaves, 2 sheets
Japanese: 東福寺文書（5,585通）43巻、129幅、1,474冊、67帖、3,770通、51鋪、6綴、2枚
English: Seiryo-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Pure Land sect located in Sagano, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 清凉寺（せいりょうじ）は、京都府京都市右京区嵯峨野にある浄土宗の寺院。
English: It is known as Saga Shaka-do and, from the middle ages, has also been referred to as the 'Place of Yuzu-Nembutsu Enlightenment.'
Japanese: 嵯峨釈迦堂（さがしゃかどう）の名で知られ、中世以来「融通念仏の道場」としても知られている。
English: The temple's object of devotion is Shaka Nyorai and was founded by kaiki (patron of a temple in its founding) Chonen, with his student Josan serving as kaisan (founding priest).
Japanese: 本尊は釈迦如来、開基（創立者）はちょう然（ちょうねん）、開山（初代住職）はその弟子の盛算（じょうさん）である。
English: Both Seika-ji Temple, devoted to Amida sanzon, and Seiryo-ji Temple, devoted to Shaka Nyorai, are connected to the history of this temple.
Japanese: この寺の歴史には、阿弥陀三尊を本尊とする棲霞寺（せいかじ）と、釈迦如来を本尊とする清凉寺という2つの寺院が関係している。
English: This site was originally the location of a villa named Seikakan belonging to Imperial Prince and Sadaijin (Minister of the Left) MINAMOTO no Toru (822-895), son of Emperor Saga.
Japanese: この地には、もともと、嵯峨天皇の皇子・左大臣源融（みなもとのとおる、822年-895年）の別荘・栖霞観（せいかかん）があった。
English: In the year 896, on the first anniversary of the death of MINAMOTO no Toru, his son fulfilled the unachieved ambition of his father by creating a statue of Amida sanzon and installing it in the Amida hall that he named Seika-ji Temple.
Japanese: 源融の一周忌に当たる寛平8年（896年）、融が生前に造立発願して果たせなかった阿弥陀三尊像を子息が造り、これを安置した阿弥陀堂を棲霞寺と号した。
English: In the year 945, the wife of Imperial Prince Shigeakira founded a new hall and installed within a life-sized statue of Shaka Nyorai.
Japanese: その後天慶8年（945年）に、重明親王妃が新堂を建て、等身大の釈迦像を安置した。
English: Several decades after the founding of Seika-ji Temple, there lived a monk from Todai-ji Temple named Chonen (938-1016) who travelled to Northern Song Period China on a pilgrimage to Mt. Wutai (also known as Mt. Qingliang).
Japanese: 棲霞寺草創から数十年後、当時の中国・北宋に渡り、五台山(中国)（一名、清凉山）を巡礼した奝然（ちょうねん、938－1016）という東大寺出身の僧がいた。
English: In the year 985, while in Song China, Chonen appointed Buddhist artisans of Kaiyuansi Temple in Taizhou to carve of a statue of Shaka Nyorai.
Japanese: 奝然は、宋へ渡航中の985年、台州の開元寺で現地の仏師に命じて1体の釈迦如来像を謹刻させた。
English: This Shaka Nyorai statue is said to be a copy of an actual likeness made from chinaberry commissioned by the Indian King Udayana during Shaka's lifetime and have the history that two statues changed places, for this reason, is also called the 'three nation Shaka statue' due its transmission from India to China and then to Japan.
Japanese: その釈迦像は、古代インドの優填王（うてんおう）が釈迦の在世中に栴檀（せんだん）の木で造らせたという由緒を持つ霊像を模刻したもので、実は模刻像と霊像とが入れ替わったとする縁起を持つため、「インド-中国-日本」と伝来したことから「三国伝来の釈迦像」と呼ばれている。
English: After returning to Japan in the year 987, Chonen likened Kyoto's Mt. Atago-yama to Mt. Wutai in China and attempted to establish a temple at its base in which to install the Shaka statue.
Japanese: 奝然は、永延元年（987年）日本に帰国後、京都の愛宕山を中国の五台山に見立て、愛宕山麓にこの釈迦像を安置する寺を建立しようとした。
English: It is believed that Chonen chose to install the three nation Shaka statue at this Saga site as the center of the southern capital of Buddhism.
Japanese: 奝然は、三国伝来の釈迦像をこの嵯峨の地に安置することで、南都系の旧仏教の都における中心地としようとしたものと思われる。
English: It is thought that intended to establish Seiryo-ji Temple at the base of Mt. Atago-yama in the northwest of the capital in order to counteract the corresponding Enryaku-ji Temple situated at Mt. Hieizan in the northeast.
Japanese: すなわち、都の西北方にそびえる愛宕山麓の地に拠点となる清凉寺を建立することで、相対する都の東北方に位置する比叡山延暦寺と対抗しようとした、という意図が込められていたとされる。
English: However, Chonen's ambition was not realized and he passed away in 1016.
Japanese: しかし、その願いを達しないまま長和5年（1016年）、奝然は没した。
English: On receiving his master's dying wish, Chonen's disciple Josan went on to found Godaisan Seiryo-ji Temple.
Japanese: かれの遺志を継いだ弟子の盛算（じょうさん）が棲霞寺の境内に建立したのが、五台山清凉寺である。
English: The temple's link to Yuzu-Nembutsu came about after 1279.
Japanese: 融通念仏との結びつきができたのは、弘安2年（1279年）以降のことである。
English: In this year, Enkaku, an enlightened monk named Dai-Nembutsu Chuko Shonin practiced Yuzu-Nembutsu at the temple.
Japanese: この年、大念仏中興上人と呼ばれる円覚が、当寺で融通念仏を勤修している。
English: Dai-Nembutsu plays are thought to have been first performed at the temple in 1443.
Japanese: 大念仏狂言が初めて執行されたのは、下って嘉吉3年（1443年）のこととされる。
English: The temple's monastery was destroyed by fire during the Onin War but was rebuilt in 1481.
Japanese: その後、応仁の乱で本寺の伽藍は焼失するが、文明(日本)13年（1481年）に再興された。
English: In 1530, it became a Pure Land sect temple after Enyo entered the temple and conducted the first noon prayers to Amitaba.
Japanese: 享禄3年（1530年）に円誉が当寺に入り、初めて十二時の念仏を勤修してより、本寺は浄土宗の寺となる。
English: The Shaka-do (hondo) was donated by Hideyori TOYOTOMI in 1602 but a great fire spread throughout Saga, causing damage to the monastery below, which was compounded by damage inflicted by a large earthquake.
Japanese: 釈迦堂（本堂）は、慶長7年（1602年）に豊臣秀頼によって寄進・造営されたが、その後、嵯峨の大火が類焼し、本堂以下の伽藍は被災し、また、大地震の被害もあり伽藍の破損は甚大となる。
English: In 1700, the statue of the principal deity began to be taken out and displayed, starting in Edo and at various locations in what is known as dekaicho.
Japanese: 元禄13年（1700年）より、本尊の江戸に始まる各地への出開帳が始まる。
English: These events resulted in the three nation Shaka statue becoming increasingly revered and Seiryo-ji Temple being referred to as 'Saga Shaka-do.'
Japanese: このように、三国伝来の釈迦像は信仰を集め、清凉寺は「嵯峨の釈迦堂」と呼ばれて栄えた。
English: On the other hand, the original Seika-ji Temple gradually fell into decline and the surviving Amida Hall and Amida sanzon statue (National Treasure now installed in Reihokan) are its last remaining traces.
Japanese: 一方、母体であった棲霞寺は次第に衰微したが、今に残る阿弥陀堂や、阿弥陀三尊像（国宝、現在は霊宝館に安置）に、その名残りをとどめる。
English: Entering the main Nio-mon gate with a frame of 'Wutaishan' hanging; straight ahead is the main hall (Shaka Hall) housing the statue of Shaka Nyorai and to the east of the main hall is Amida Hall that once housed the former Seika-ji Temple principal image Amida Sanzon (now within in Reihokan), which, contrary to custom, is situated so that the statue would have been facing westward.
Japanese: 「五台山」の額が掛かる仁王門を入ると、正面に三国伝来の釈迦像を安置する本堂（釈迦堂）があり、本堂の東側には、旧棲霞寺本尊の阿弥陀三尊像を安置していた（現在は霊宝館に安置）阿弥陀堂が、通例の阿弥陀堂とは逆に、本尊が西を向く形で配置されている。
English: The current main hall was rebuilt in 1701 and the Amida Hall was rebuilt in 1863.
Japanese: 現在の本堂は元禄14年（1701年）、阿弥陀堂は文久3年（1863年）の再建である。
English: On the western side of the sando (entrance path) leading from the Nio-mon gate to the main hall are various buildings including the Tahoto tower based on the Lotus Sutra, the Shotoku-taishi-den recreating the Horyu-ji Temple Yumedono and Kyogen-do.
Japanese: 仁王門から本堂への参道の西側には法華経に由来する多宝塔、法隆寺夢殿を模した聖徳太子殿、狂言堂などがある。
English: On the eastern side of the sando is the Issai Kyozo (Rinzo) with statue of Fu Dashi and his son installed on the front.
Japanese: 参道を挟んだ東側には、堂の正面に傅大士（ふだいし）父子像が安置された一切経蔵（輪蔵）がある。
English: As well as those buildings given above, the precinct also includes the Reihokan which houses and exhibits precious artifacts such as a statue of a young Honen Shonin seeking enlightenment and a burial mound containing the head of Hideyori TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 境内には以上の他、宝物を収蔵展示する霊宝館、法然上人求道青年像、豊臣秀頼首塚などがある。
English: Wooden standing image of Shaka and objects contained within - This is the 'three nation Shaka statue' referred to in the 'Origin and History' article.
Japanese: 木造釈迦如来立像および像内納入品－「起源と歴史」の項で述べた、いわゆる「三国伝来の釈迦像」である。
English: It is 160 cm tall and said to be made from the wood of the Prunus Wilsoni Koehne tree not found in Japan.
Japanese: 像高約160cmで、魏氏桜桃という日本にはない材で作られているという。
English: The knots in the hair and concentric rings on the robes make it immediately obvious that the style is different from that of traditional Japanese Buddhist statues.
Japanese: 縄目状の頭髪や同心円状の衣文の形式など、一見して日本の通例の仏像と異なる様式を示す。
English: In 985, while Chonen was in Song China, he commissioned the piece at Kaiyuansi Temple in Taizhou and it is known from the inscriptions and writings on the objects inside that the names of its makers are Yanjiao ZHANG and Yanxi ZHANG.
Japanese: 奝然が宋に滞在中の985年、台州開元寺で作らせたもので、刻銘、納入品等の記載から、張延皎および張延襲という作者の名もわかっている。
English: Nearly 100 imitations of this statue are known to exist around Japan including at Saidai-ji Temple (Nara City, Nara Prefecture) and are referred to as 'Seiryo-ji Temple-style Shaka statues.'
Japanese: この釈迦像の模造は、奈良・西大寺(奈良市)本尊像をはじめ、全国に100体近くあることが知られ、「清凉寺式釈迦像」と呼ばれる。
English: In addition, numerous pieces including documents relating to the statue's creation, items left by Chonen and Buddhist block prints were discovered within the abdomen of the statue and these have all been designated National Treasures along with the statue itself.
Japanese: また、この像の胎内からは、造像にまつわる文書、奝然の遺品、仏教版画など多くの「納入品」が発見され、これらも像とともに国宝に指定されている。
English: Among these objects, 'five solid organs and six hollow organs' (a model of the internal organs made of silk), have gained a lot of attention as a valuable resource for the study of medical history.
Japanese: 納入品のうち「五臓六腑」（絹製の内臓の模型）は、医学史の資料としても注目される。
English: Items left by Chonen include a birthday document (birth details) and documents with hand-prints.
Japanese: その他、奝然の遺品としては、生誕書付（臍の緒書き）や手形を捺した文書なども発見された。
English: Wooden sitting statue of Amida sanzon - The object of veneration of Seika-ji Temple referred to in the 'Origin and History' article.
Japanese: 木造阿弥陀三尊坐像－「起源と歴史」の項で述べた、棲霞寺の本尊である。
English: 2 letters written by Genku and Shouku (including 1 oath written by Naozane KUMAGAI, 2 Kosho Mandala, and 1 Kosho Mandala Yurai)
Japanese: 源空、証空自筆消息（2通）（附熊谷直実自筆誓願状1巻、迎接曼荼羅2幅、迎接曼荼羅由来1巻）
English: Myoshin-ji Temple is situated in Hanazono, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City and is the head temple of the Rinzai sect Myoshin-ji School of Zen Buddhism.
Japanese: 妙心寺（みょうしんじ）は、京都市右京区花園(京都市)にある臨済宗妙心寺派大本山の寺院。
English: The object of veneration is Shaka Nyorai, the kaiki (patron of a temple in its founding) was Emperor Hanazono and the kaisan (first chief priest) was Kanzan Egen (Muso-daishi).
Japanese: 本尊は釈迦如来、開基（創立者）は花園天皇、開山（初代住職）は関山慧玄（かんざんえげん、無相大師）である。
English: Of the approximately 6,000 Rinzai sect temples in Japan, around 3,500 belong to the Myoshin-ji School.
Japanese: 日本にある臨済宗寺院約6,000か寺のうち、約3,500か寺を妙心寺派で占める。
English: It is a large temple complex with a central monastery that includes structures such as the recently rebuilt Sammon gate, Butsuden (Buddha hall), Hatto (lecture hall), which is surrounded by numerous sub-temples.
Japanese: 近世に再建された三門、仏殿、法堂（はっとう）などの中心伽藍の周囲には多くの塔頭寺院（たっちゅうじいん、子院）が建ち並び、一大寺院群を形成している。
English: The Zen temples of Kyoto consisted of those under the protection and control of the Muromachi Shogunate as typified Gozan-Jissetsu system institutions and those outside of the system.
Japanese: 京都の禅寺は、五山十刹（ござんじっさつ）に代表される、室町幕府の庇護と統制下にあった一派と、それとは一線を画す在野の寺院とがあった。
English: The former were referred to as 'Zenrin' or 'Sorin,' and the latter were referred to as 'Rinka.'
Japanese: 前者を「禅林」または「叢林」（そうりん）、後者を「林下」（りんか）といった。
English: Along with Daitoku-ji Temple, Myoshin-ji Temple is representative of strict Rinka temples that were characterized by an emphasis on training.
Japanese: 妙心寺は、大徳寺とともに、修行を重んじる厳しい禅風を特色とする「林下」の代表的寺院である。
English: In 1335, the Rretired Emperor Hanazono shaved his head and became a monk, after which he vowed to convert the Hagiwaradono villa into a Zen temple.
Japanese: 花園上皇は、建武(日本)2年（1335年）落飾（剃髪して仏門に入ること）して法皇となり、萩原殿を禅寺に改めることを発願した。
English: The Cloistered Emperor's Zen master was Daitoku-ji Temple kaisan Shuho Myocho (Daito-kokushi).
Japanese: 法皇の禅の上での師は大徳寺開山の宗峰妙超（しゅうほうみょうちょう、大燈国師）であった。
English: Shuho passed away in the 12th month of 1337, but, after asking the Cloistered Emperor Hanazono on his deathbed who he should pass on his position to, he recommended leading disciple Kanzan Egen (1277-1360).
Japanese: 宗峰は建武4年（1337年）12月没するが、臨終間近の宗峰に花園法皇が「師の亡き後、自分は誰に法を問えばよいか」と尋ねたところ、宗峰は高弟の関山慧玄（かんざんえげん、1277-1360）を推挙した。
English: At this time, Kanzan was training in the mountains of Mino Province (Gifu Prefecture) and was reluctant to return to Kyoto, but on receiving the dying instructions of his teacher Shuho and the imperial decree of Hanazono, he could not refuse and assumed the position of kaisan at Myoshin-ji Temple in 1342.
Japanese: その頃、美濃国（岐阜県）の山奥で修行に明け暮れていた関山は、都に戻ることを渋っていたが、師僧・宗峰の遺命と花園法皇の院宣があっては辞去するわけにはいかず、暦応5年/康永元年（1342年）、妙心寺の開山となった。
English: The temple's full title 'Shobozan Myoshin-ji' was given by Shuho and derived from the words 'Shoho ganzo nehan myoshin' (approximately meaning 'ultimate enlightenment') spoken by Shaka to his disciple Mahakasyapa.
Japanese: なお、「正法山妙心寺」の山号寺号は宗峰が命名したもので、釈尊が嗣法の弟子・摩訶迦葉（まかかしょう）に向かって述べた「正法眼蔵涅槃妙心」（「最高の悟り」というほどの意味）という句から取ったものである。
English: Unlike other eminent monks, there are no analects left by Kanzan, no portraits painted during his lifetime and the only example of his writing is the inka (master's certification of a disciple's completion of training) that he presented to his disciple Juo Sohitsu.
Japanese: 関山には他の高僧のような「語録」はなく、生前に描かれた肖像もなく、遺筆も弟子の授翁宗弼（じゅおうそうひつ）に書き与えた印可状（師匠の法を受け継いだ証明書）のほかほとんど残されていない。
English: Shogun Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA was enraged because Setsudo Soboku, the 6th chief priest of Myoshin-ji Temple, had a close relationship with Yoshihiro OUCHI who flew the flag of revolt against the Ashikaga Clan.
Japanese: 妙心寺6世住持の拙堂宗朴（せつどうそうぼく）は、足利氏に反旗をひるがえした大内義弘と関係が深かったため、将軍足利義満の怒りを買った。
English: In 1399, Yoshimitsu confiscated Myoshin-ji Temple, implicated Setsudo Soboku as being involved with Yoshihiro OUCHI and had him confined to Shoren-in Temple.
Japanese: 応永6年（1399年）、義満は妙心寺の寺領を没収し、拙堂宗朴は大内義弘に連座して青蓮院に幽閉の身となった。
English: The monastery at Myoshin-ji Temple was destroyed by fire during the Onin War (1467-1477) but was reconstructed thanks to the efforts of the Sekko Soshi (1408-1486).
Japanese: 妙心寺は応仁の乱（1467-1477年）で伽藍を焼失したが、中興の祖である雪江宗深（せっこうそうしん、1408-1486）の尽力により復興。
English: A two-storey gate with five bays and three entrances (three of the five front bays are entrances).
Japanese: 五間三戸（正面の柱間5間のうち中央3間が通路）の二重門（2階建門）である。
English: Other buildings include a smaller hojo, a yokushitsu (bath house) and Kyozo (sutra repository) (all of the above buildings are Important Cultural Properties).
Japanese: 他に小方丈、浴室、経蔵などがある（以上の建造物はすべて重要文化財）。
English: Myoshin-ji Temple has a total of 48 sub-temples which includes 38 within the precinct itself and 10 outside of the temple grounds, of which Ryoan-ji Temple, renowned for its rock garden, is one.
Japanese: 妙心寺の塔頭は48箇院に及び、うち山内塔頭38箇院、境外塔頭は石庭で著名な龍安寺を含め10箇院を数える。
English: The garden in front of the hojo is of a simple design surrounded by a tsuiji fence and covered in white sand with raked lines.
Japanese: 方丈前庭は築地塀で囲まれた一画に白砂を敷き詰め、帚目を付けただけのシンプルな庭。
English: Gyokuho-in Temple - This is the kaizando (an Important Cultural Property also known as Mishoan) that enshrines a statue of kaisan (founding priest) Kanzan Egen was built during the Muromachi Period.
Japanese: 玉鳳院-関山慧玄像を祀る開山堂（別名微笑庵、重文）は室町時代の建築。
English: Rinka-in Temple - The hojo is in possession of a sliding screen landscape painting 'Suiboku Sansui zu' created by Tohaku HASEGAWA (Important Cultural Property) and sliding screen paintings by Eigaku KANO.
Japanese: 隣華院-方丈襖絵「水墨山水図」長谷川等伯筆（国の重要文化財）、狩野永岳筆襖絵を所有
English: Shunko-in Temple - In possession of the Important Cultural Properties of the Namban-ji Temple bell and sliding screen paintings by Eigaku KANO in the hojo.
Japanese: 春光院（しゅんこういん）-重要文化財の南蛮寺（なんばんじ）の鐘と狩野永岳の方丈襖絵を所有する
English: Taizo-in Temple - In possession of 'Hyonenzu' (Catching a Catfish with a Gourd) by Josetsu, an example of one of Japan earliest suiboku paintings and a National Treasure (deposited at Kyoto National Museum).
Japanese: 退蔵院-日本の初期水墨画の代表作である如拙（じょせつ）筆の国宝「瓢鮎図」（ひょうねんず）を所有する（京都国立博物館に寄託）。
English: Temple bell - This is Japan's oldest bell inscribed with the ancient lunar calendar year corresponding to the Gregorian calendar year 698.
Japanese: 梵鐘-戊戌（つちのえいぬ）年、つまり西暦698年にあたる年の銘文がある、日本最古の紀年銘鐘。
English: Myoshin-ji Temple has two bells (northwest of the Hatto and southeast of the Butsuden), but this one was housed within the former bell tower (now moved to the Hatto).
Japanese: 妙心寺には2個所（法堂の北西と仏殿の南東）あるが、前者の鐘楼にかかっていたもの（現在は法堂に移動）。
English: The bell sound matches that of a garaku scale named ojikicho so has long been known as 'Ojikicho Bell' and is referred to in "Tsurezuregusa" (Essays in Idleness).
Japanese: 音色が雅楽の黄鐘調（おうじきちょう）に合うことから古来「黄鐘調の鐘」として著名で、『徒然草』にもこの鐘のことが言及されている。
English: Writing of Daito-kokushi - Written by Shuho Myocho (Daito-kokushi) to his student Kanzan Egen (Myoshin-ji kaisan) when he conferred upon him the name 'Kanzan.'
Japanese: 大燈国師墨蹟-宗峰妙超（大燈国師）が弟子の関山慧玄（妙心寺開山）に「関山」の号を与えたときに書き与えたもの。
English: Writing of Daito-kokushi - The inka (master's certification of a disciple's completion of training) given by Shuho Myocho to his disciple Kanzan Egen.
Japanese: 大燈国師墨蹟-宗峰妙超が関山慧玄に与えた「印可状」（自分の法を継いだというお墨付き）である。
English: Color on silk portrait of Kido Osho/color on silk portrait of Daio-kokushi/color on silk portrait of Daito-kokushi (dated 1330).
Japanese: 絹本著色虚堂和尚像・絹本著色大応国師像・絹本著色大燈国師像（元徳二年の自賛あり）