Gangyō-ji

Gangyō-ji (元慶寺 Gangyō-ji) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, founded by the priest Henjō. The Emperor Kōkō endowed the temple and the emperor Kazan abdicated in this temple.[1]

History

Gangyō-ji was founded in the early Heian period.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Ponsonby-Fane, R. (1959). Kyoto: the old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, pp. 113-114.
  2. Titsingh, Issac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 124; Ponsonby-Fane, p. 114.

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