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Autumn Forest

location : Mt.Hiei

 

The UNESCO World Heritage Site -Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple

Yokawa Area

 

比叡山延暦寺 横川

 

Enryaku-ji (延暦寺 Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was founded during the early Heian period.[1] The temple complex was established by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history. As such, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". The founders of Jōdo-shū, Sōtō Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism all spent time at the monastery. -Wikipedia

 

 

Woman had been prohibited from entering Mt.Hiei until 1872.

 

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