Konpuku-ji
| Konpuku-ji | |
|---|---|
 A garden in Konpuku-ji | |
| Information | |
| Mountain name | Butsunichizan |
| Denomination | Zen, Rinzai sect, Nanzen-ji school |
| Venerated | Kannon |
| Founded | 864 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | An'e |
| Location | |
| Address | 20 Saikatachi-chō, Ichijōji, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 35°2′32.04″N 135°47′42.75″E / 35.0422333°N 135.7952083°E |
Konpuku-ji (金福寺) is a Zen Buddhist temple in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
History
In 864, as Ennin's dying wish, the Buddhist priest An'e built this temple and installed a statue of Kannon that had been made by Ennin himself.[1] At first the temple was part of the Tendai sect, but eventually the temple fell into ruin. During the Genroku era (1688-1704), the temple was restored by Tesshu from the nearby Enkō-ji, and acted as a branch of that temple. It was also converted to the Rinzai sect.
When Matsuo Bashō traveled to Kyoto to visit his friend Tesshu, he stayed in a thatched hut in the back of the garden, and after some time, the hut was named Bashō-an. However, it fell into ruin, and in 1776 Yosa Buson restored it.[2] The thatched roof hut stands on the east side of the garden, and inside is a tea room.
Buson's grave is also located at the temple.[3]
References
- ↑ "Konpuku-ji". Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ↑ Crowley, Cheryl A. (2001). Haikai poet Yosa Buson and the Bashō revival. ISBN 90-04-15709-3.
- ↑ Kerkham, Eleanor (2006). Matsuo Bashō's poetic spaces: exploring haikai intersections. Macmillan. ISBN 1-4039-7258-3.