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Saigan-ji Temple

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Saigan-ji Temple: a historic site where an emperor wrote poetry and a monk was exiled.

Saigan-ji Temple
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What it is

  • Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha sect temple.
  • Founded in the late Heian period.
  • Named by Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
  • Site of Shinran's 1207 exile.

What to see

  • Five Kusozu paintings.
  • Paintings depict male and female corpses.
  • Excavated urn and cremated human bones.

Getting there

  • 4-minute walk from Fujinomori Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

京都府京都市伏見区深草直違橋2丁目 Open in Google Maps

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