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Ashikaga Takauji was the first sei-i taishogun, the commander-in-chief, of the Muromachi Shogunate. ...

Ernest Francisco Fenollosa was an American historian of Japanese art. After graduating Harvard Unive...

En no Gyoja was a mountain ascetic in the late 7th century, and is revered as the founder of Shugend...

Chisho Daishi Enchin was a high-ranking priest of the Tendai Sect in the early Heian Period. He was ...

Musashibo Benkei was a monk in the early Kamakura Period. He appears in Noh and Kabuki plays and is ...

The 24th of November is the passing day of Tendaichisha Daishi Zhiyi, one of the founders [the forth...

It is a memorial service held in the Shinra Zenshindo Shrine where Shinra Myojin is enshrined. Its o...

A Bon memorial service of Miidera Temple is held on August 15 in the new calendar in the Kannondo Ha...

When spring and autumn higan periods come, on spring and autumnal equinox days which are the middle ...

“Taiya” means the night before the funeral or death anniversary. This memorial service is held the n...

It is a memorial service for the temple bell famous as a recurring theme in the paintings titled “Au...

It is a memorial service that is held in the Kannondo Hall of Miidera Temple, the 14th stop on Saigo...

The restorer of Miidera Temple, Chisho Daishi Enchin was born in March 25, 814 in current Zentsuji C...

It is a memorial service that is held on the day of the passing of Dengyo Daishi Saicho, the founder...

It is a memorial service that is held on the day of the passing of Shuzen Daishi Gishin, the master ...

It is the monument of Matsuura Takeshiro, an explorer between the late Edo Period and the Meiji Era ...

It is one of the five branches of Miidera Temple. It is also called Takakannon and the 4th stop on S...

Once, there was a great scholar and monk called Annen. Although he mastered his study in Hieizan, hi...

On the night of the full moon in August in 1691, the day of the harvest moon, a moon-viewing haiku p...

There is a masterpiece yokyoku called “Miidera” created by Zeami. [Yokyoku is the vocal section of t...

In the mid-Heian Period [around the 10th or 11th centuries], there was a monk called Kogi who was a ...

The Kannondo Hall, the 14th stop on Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, was originally called Shoboji Temp...

On the opposite side of the Kondo, the main hall, there is an old cedar tree called Tengu-sugi with ...

The bell tower stands on the right side at the top of the stone steps leading to the Kannodo Hall, t...

This is the principal image, Maitreya, enshrined in the Kondo of Miidera Temple. This statue of the ...

Prince Otomo, later Emperor Kobun, died tragically when the capital of Otsu was abolished. He died a...

Near the Kondo, there is the “miraculous spring water of Mii” that was used for the first baths for ...

It is said that the dragon god of Lake Biwa gave a bell to Tawara no Tota Hidesato to express his gr...

Juhachi Myojin is the deity who protects Miidera Temple and is also familiarly known as “Nezumi no M...

This is a ceremony to praise Priest Kyotai who protects Miidera Temple and is conducted at the Kyota...

This is a great ceremony held in the Toin on October 29, the day when the founder of Miidera Temple,...

This is a memorial service to console the spirits of atomic bomb victims and to pray for world peace...

This is a ceremony held on January 15 every year where disused old talismans are burned with a sacre...

Goho Zenshindo Shrine which enshrines the deity Kishibojin, the guardian deity of Chisho Daishi, has...

Saito Daigoma-ku is a ceremony characteristic of the mountain asceticism which involves praying for ...

The originator of this Mii old-style sencha-do tea ceremony is Miidera Temple. It originated when an...

This is a Buddhist event to celebrate the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha [also known as the Buddha]. It ...

Nehan-e is also called Nehan-ko, and is a memorial service to commemorate and to show gratitude towa...

The Sonjo-o Star Festival includes the prayers and austerities of esoteric Buddhism in which the Ten...

The Ninno-e ceremony takes place at the Kondo, the main hall, on the 8th of the New Year. It started...

Joya-e is a ceremony to look back and remorse on the year at the year-end, and to welcome the New Ye...

The head temple of Tendai-ji Monshū Secte. The official name is Nagarayama Onjū-ji. It was built as ...

It was built in the middle Edo period by Gizui Oshō as ritsu in of the Miidera. Since then it turned...

A study of the former Murakumo Imperial Palace in Saga Kyoto. In the 5th year of the Bunroku era (15...

When crossing bridge of the Tsutsui river which is the precints’s boundary of the Miidera Temp...

This is the Front Gate and Gatekeeper post to Zairinbō, which is the Azukaribō of Gohōsha, Azukaribō...

In commemoration of the birth of the Miidera temple’s founder Chiso Daishi in 1150, it was ope...

The 4 th year of the Jisho era (1180), Emperor Go-Shirakawa’s prince, Mochihito and Minamoto n...

Jizō-dō is placed on a rock between Nagara Jinja and Kannon-dō. According to a record of 1733 (19th ...

It is a simple six pillars building placed on a cliff on the east side of Kannon-dō ground. It is de...

Hexagonal mizuya, the temple or shrine building to wash hands and rinsing mouth. In the centre the i...

It is a simple and well balanced shōrō (belfry) with an hiwadabuki roof and a flared, skirt-like, lo...

Jūhachimyōjin is the deity who protects the garan (Sanskrit: Sangharama), the monastery, the place w...

Bimyōji is one the five separated temples of Miidera complex. These separated temples were built in ...

Myogon-In is a priests’ temple quarters in the South part of the Miidera Temple. It has been r...

It is the main gate of Miidera, built as an entrance to Minamiin. From middle age Miidera was divide...

Originally it was part of Fudō hall, the 14th fudasho of Kansai. In 1878 (11st year of Meiji Era), i...

Honjuin is a priest’s temple quarters belonging to Nanin temple in the Miidera temple, restore...

The Hoju-in belongs to the Nanin Temple of the Miidera Temple, and it used to be called Saigakubo. I...

As you climb up the approach road leading from Yotsutsuji of the Kangakuin temple to Yamanote, a big...

When Chishō Daishi was crossing this stone bridge he ad a vision of the Seryūji , the temple where h...

Tō-in was built in the area of the mountain side of Kondo towards the Kannon-do, which is one step h...

This beautiful garden placed on the south side of Kyakuden is also mentioned in some gardens catalog...

Zenhōin is one of the six sub temple of Miidera. The park has a surface of 2681 m² and in 1934 (9th ...

It has been rebuilt in early Shōwa period on the foundation of the old shōdō. Inside are kept the sa...

It was started in the 1st year of Heiji Era, 1159, when Emperor Shirakawa’s son, Gyōkei Daisōj...

Matsuo Basho (1644-1694 ) who loved the area of Omi, on the 15th day of the 4th year of the Genroku ...

A 4m range sugi (cedar tree) forest. There is a big cedar tree called “Tengu Sugi” accor...

A hall that enshrines Kyōtai Ōshō, a priest known from the setsuwa (Japanese folktales) anthology Ko...

A stone lantern located in front of Kondo. According to the temple story, Emperor Tenchi, who was tr...

It is settled in a pond in front of the Shakado temple. It was erected by Yuikakubo Shushun in the 3...

On the path that takes to Tōin, Chishō Daishi’s mausoleum, are lined up stone lanterns (tōrō) ...

It was built in 1040 (1st year of Keichū Era) by Myōson Daisōshō and it is one of the Gobessho templ...

It is a butaizukuri style building on Nagara Mountain side, designing a beautiful and soft line with...

The hall enshrines around Nyoirin Kannon statue, the 33 statues of Kannon of Kansai Kannon Pilgrimag...

It is the 14th temple of the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage. The main deity is Nyoirin Kannon statue, whic...

It was built in 1616 (1st year of Genna Era) inside Bizōji’s area and was one of the Gobessho ...

Gobōzenjindō is a hall dedicated to the Kishimonjin, the deity of children and childbirth. Every yea...

It was donated by Tokugawa Ieyasu to Miidera in 1601 (6th year of Keichō Era). Originally it was the...

It is an elegant and refined building with an irimoyatsukuri hiwadabuki (hip and gable) style roof. ...

It is the main building of Tōin, Chishō Daishi’s mausoleum. It has a simple appearance with it...

One of the Eight Views of Omi. It is one of Mii’s famous big hanging temple evening bells, bui...

It is a comprehensive archive of Buddhist sutra and documents. Inside there is a kagami tenjō (mirro...

Akaiya consists in an accommodation prepared with flowers and water (Aka, the sacred Buddhist water)...

Simple residential style building with a hiwadabuki style roof. It’s been told that it was mov...

On the front gate we have a rōmon, a tower gate built in two levels with the hiwadabuki technique. O...

Along with Kōjōin Kyakuden is one of the best example of shoin. It is known as a model of shudenzuku...

Fine example of the shoin tsukuri, the origin of Japanese residential architecture. We are told that...

It is the center of the kitain of the Miidera. Fine example of nagare tsukuri style, this temple, co...

It is the main hall of Miidera. It is a majestic Buddhist hall with more than 23m of depth, famous a...