Enmyō-ji (Matsuyama)

Enmyō-ji (円明寺^?) is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is Temple 53 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage.

Contents

1 History
2 Buildings
3 See also
4 References

History

Said to have been founded by Gyōki, the temple was largely destroyed during the wars of the sixteenth century and has been rebuilt.^[1]^[2]

Buildings

Yatsuashi-mon (late seventeenth century with Muromachi period elements) (Prefectural Cultural Property)^[2]^[3]

See also

Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage

References

^ Miyata, Taisen (2006). The 88 Temples of Shikoku Island, Japan. Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles. p. 105.
^ ^a ^b "Enmyōji Yatsuashi-mon". Ehime Prefecture. http://ehime-c.esnet.ed.jp/bunkazai/kennobunkazai/shiteibunkazai/kenzoubutsu/pdf-files/ken/1-1-11enmyoujiyatsuashimon.pdf. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
^ "Enmyōji Yatsuashi-mon". Matsuyama City. http://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kybunka/1176022_1047.html. Retrieved 20 April 2011.