Gangyō-ji
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Gangyō-ji (元慶寺?) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, founded by the priest Hēnjo. The emperor Kōkō endowed the temple and the emperor Kazan abdicated in this temple.[1]
- Gangyō 1 (877): The temple is founded, and it takes its name from the era or nengō in which it was first established.[2]
- Kanna 2 (986): The emperor Kazan abdicated in this temple. He renounced his throne and the world. Two courtiers, the chūnagon Yoshikane and the sachūben Korenari, are known for having decided to follow the former Emperor's example by becoming Buddhist priests themselves. After this, the temple was also known more popularly as Kazan-ji (花山寺).[1]
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- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A. B. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.-- Click for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French).
