Murouji

Murō-ji (室生寺) is a temple of Omoto school of Shingon Buddhism, located in the city of Uda, Nara, Japan. Murō-ji shows its typical aspect of Shingon Buddhism, with its buildings laid on the mountainside of Mount Murō (室生山 Murō-yama). Unlike many temples of the time, Murō-ji was opened to females. For that reason, the temple is also called Mount Kōya for women.

While legend has it that the temple was opened by En no Gyōja by order of Emperor Temmu, later restored by Kūkai, an extant record kept by the temple, Murō-ji ryaku engi (室生寺略縁起), tells that a successful ritual in respect of a ryūjin to cure Prince Yamabe’s (later to become Emperor Kammu) made the imperial court order a monk of Kōfuku-ji named Kenkyō (賢璟) to construct a temple on the site. The construction of the temple was taken over by a pupil monk Shūen (修円), after Kenkyō’s death in 793.

Muro-ji, Niomon (Gate of Deva King) -1 (July 2013) / ttshr1970

WebSite:

Name : Murouji

Category : Culture/History

Website : http://www.murouji.or.jp/

TEL : 0745-93-2003

Area : Nara (Kansai)

Address : 78 Murou Uda-shi 633-0421
〒633-0421 奈良県宇陀市室生78
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