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Enshō-ji

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Enshō-ji is a historic nunnery with imperial connections and unique architecture.

Enshō-ji
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What it is

  • A Rinzai sect Myōshin-ji school nunnery.
  • Founded by Princess Bunchi.
  • One of the Yamato Sanmonzeki temples.
  • Head temple of the Yamamura-Goryū flower arrangement school.

What to see

  • A thatched main hall building.
  • Shinden built with materials from Kyoto Imperial Palace.
  • Wooden Nyoirin Kannon statue is the main image.
  • Important cultural properties: excavated artifacts from Yamamura-Haiji.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

Enshō-ji Open in Google Maps

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