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Hauptinsel: Honshu
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Die von Hügeln umgebene Stadt liegt im mittleren Teil der jap. Hauptinsel Honshu nahe dem Südwestende des Biwa-Sees. Sie bedeckt in dem sich nach Süden öffnenden Becken zwischen den Flüssen Katsura (westlich) und Kamo (östlich) eine Fläche von über 610 km², ist fünftgrößte Stadt des Landes und eines von dessen bedeutensden Industriezentren.

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Der Kinkakuji Tempel in Kyoto

History (Geschichte):
Kinkaku (Golden Pavillon) is a popular name for one of the main buildings of this temple, which is properly called Rokuon-ji Temple. In the 1220's it was the comfortable villa of Kintsune Saionji.
Yoshimitsu, the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga, abdicated the throne in 1394. After three years, he began to build Kitayamaden and he made a special effort to make it a breath-taking site. He indulged in his peaceful life in this serene setting. After Yoshimitsu's death, Kitayamaden was made into a Zen temple in accordance with his will. All the buildings of those days came to ruin except Kinkaku. The garden, however, remains as it was in former days and can be enjoyed as it was hundreds of years ago. Rokuon-ji Temple was inscribed as World Cultural Heritage in 1994.

Building (Das Gebäude):
Kinkaku was formally called Shariden. The elegant, harmonious building consists of three types of architecture. The Ist floor is Shinden-zukuri, the palace style. It is named Ho-sui-in. The 2nd floor is Buke-zukuri, the style of the samurai house and is called Chö-on-do. The 3rd floor is Karayö style or Zen temple style. It is called Kukkyö-chö. Both the 2nd and 3rd floors are covered with gold-leaf on Japanese lacquer. The roof, upon which the Chinese phoenix settles, is thatched with shingles.
Recently, the coating of Japanese lacquer was found a little decayed and a new coating as well as gilding with gold-leaf, much thicker than the original ones, was given to the building and was completed in 1987. Furthermore, the beautiful painting on the ceiling and the statue of Yoshimitsu were restored, with utmost care, to their original splendor. Then, the restoring of its roof was performed in the spring of 2003.

Points of interest (Sehenswertes):
The name of the pond is Kyoko-chi (Mirror pond). The pond contains many large and small islands. Climbing a few steps, you stand at the edge of another small pond, An-min-taku. The small stone pagoda on the island is called Hakuja-no-tsuka (the mound in memory of the white snake).
The classic tea house is called Sekka-tei. In Sekka-tei there is a celebrated pillar made of a nandin. The house was restored in 1997. On the way to the exit of the temple, you will find the small Fudodo shrine where the stone Fudo-myoo (Acara) is enshrined as a guardian.

Kaiserpalast
(Westmauer) (5)

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Higashi Honganji
Tempel

Higashi Honganji Tempel (6)

Higashi Honganji
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Higashi Honganji
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Der Higashi Honganji Tempel in Kyoto

Higashi Honganji is the Mausoleum of Shinran Shonin (1173-1262), the founder of Shin Buddhism, and also the mother temple of the Shinshu Otani-ha, one of the largest Buddhist denominations in Japan. This is the temple where followers from all over the world can gather to listen to the Buddha-Dharma of Shinran.

The Life of Shinran Shonin:
Shinran Shonin, born in the outskirts of Kyoto in 1173, was an eminent Buddhist figure of the Kamakura period (1192-1333), a period regarded as the golden age of Japanese Buddhism. A number of outstanding Buddhist figures appeared during this time, and it is on the basis of their teachings that most of the schools of Japanese Buddhism are founded.
Shinran received his ordination at the age of nine. This was followed by twenty years of traditional Buddhist training and instruction at the Tendai monastery on Mt.Hiei, one of the major centers of Buddhist learning at that time.
In 1201, at the age of twenty-nine, the course of Shinran's life changed as a result of his encounter with the great master, Honen Shonin (1133-1212). Honen was teaching the Nembutsu (the Recitation of the Name of Amida Buddha), a simple practice which all could perform, but which also had deep roots in the Buddhist religious tradition. The immense popularity of this teaching drew the sharp disapproval of other contending sects, and in 1207, the government issued a proclamation banning the teaching of Nembutsu. Honen was exiled to Tosa (in Shikoku) and Shinran to Echigo (present Niigata prefecture). Teacher and disciple were never to meet again.
Although Shinran was pardoned in 1211, he did not return to Kyoto. He elected to be "neither monk nor layman," and lived among the common people. With his family, he moved to Hitachi (present Ibaraki prefecture) where he was to spend the next twenty years of his life. During this time, he propagated the teaching of Nembutsu.
He returned to Kyoto at the age of sixty. During the last thirty years of his life, lie completed the writing of many religious tracts and verses. His most important work is the Kyogyoshinsho (A Collection of Passages Expounding the Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Attainment of Pure Land Buddhism), which is the foundation of Shin Buddhist doctrine.
On November 28,1262, Shinran passed away at the age of ninety, bringing to a close the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Japanese Buddhist history.

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