Kennin-ji (Japanese: 建仁寺) is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered...

(Kennin 2): On orders from Shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie, the monk Eisai founded Kennin-ji, a Zen temple and monastery in the Rinzai sect. 1203 (Kennin 3...

Kyoto", along with Shōkoku-ji (相国寺, Shōkoku-ji), Kennin-ji (建仁寺, Kennin-ji), Tōfuku-ji (東福寺, Tōfuku-ji), and Manju-ji (満寿寺, Manju-ji). The head temple presiding...

Kennin is a Japanese era name. Kennin or 建仁 may also refer to: Kennin-ji, Japanese historic Zen Buddhist temple Chien-jen, Chinese given name of Chen Chien-jen...

temple of Kennin-ji affiliated the pagoda with Zen Buddhism, which remains the official designation of the Yasaka Pagoda to the present day. Kennin-ji Kiyomizu-dera...

He was also the founding abbot of Japan's first Zen temple Shōfuku-ji and Kennin-ji. He is often known simply as Eisai/Yōsai Zenji (栄西禅師), literally "Zen...

Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan—the largest subtemple of the Kennin-ji branch. It was established in 1606 by the nun Kōdai-in (often known by...

Chinese poetry, art and literature. When Ikkyū turned thirteen he entered Kennin-ji in Kyoto to study Zen under a well known priest by the name of Botetsu...

trouble at Kennin-ji: This assertion of the primacy of Zen aroused the anger of the Enryaku-ji monks, who succeeded in driving Dōgen from the Kennin-ji where...

head temple, are: Kennin-ji (1202) Tōfuku-ji (1236, founded by Enni Ben'en, 1202–1280) Kenchō-ji (1253) Engaku-ji (1282) Nanzen-ji (1291, founded by Musō...