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روزان-جی

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Also known as Rozan-ji

Rozan-ji (, or Rozan Tendaikoji) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, and the head temple (honzan) of the Enjo (圓浄) sect. The sangō (literally, mountain name) of Rozan-ji is Mount Lu, or Lushan, pronounced rozan in Japanese. Currently located on the eastern side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, it was founded by Ryōgen, the abbot of Enryaku-ji, in 938 in the Funaokayama neighborhood, south of Daitoku-ji. It was one of four temples that had an okurodo (), a private Buddhist chapel for the Imperial Family, originally located in the Imperial Palace. These temples, the others being Nison

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Instance of
Buddhist temple
Named after
Mount Lu
Religion
Tendai
Country
Japan
Located in
Kamigyō-ku
Image
240224 Rozan-ji Kyoto Japan04s3.jpg
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located on street
Teramachi Street
Commons category
Rozan-ji
inception
0938-00-00
significant person
Murasaki Shikibu
street address
京都府京都市上京区寺町通広小路上ル北之辺町397
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