Erin-ji
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Erin-ji, is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Located in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. It is the clan temple of the Takeda clan, noted S
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Erin-ji Gardens
Erin-ji Gate (ICP)
Grave of Takeda Shingen
Musō Soseki
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Musō Soseki was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligrapher, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi, an honorific conferred on him
Erin-ji
…main image is a statue of Shaka Nyōrai. The temple founded in 1380 by Nikaidō Sadafuji, the shugo of Kai Province, who invited the noted Zen prelate Musō Soseki from Kanagawa to build a hermitage on his property. Due to the fame of Musō Soseki, it became the center for the dissemination of Rinzai teachings in…
Portrait of Musō Soseki by Mutō Shūi (無等 周位), 14th century