Kinbyōzan Zuisen-ji

Kinbyōzan Zuisen-ji - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect in Nikaidō's in Kamakura, Japan.Kamiya (2008:98-102) During the Muromachi period it was the family temple of the Ashikaga rulers of Kamakura (the Kantō kubō): four of the five kubō are buried there in a private cemetery closed to the publicThe exception being the last one, Shigeuji, who escaped to Koga to become the Koga kubō. See the Kantō kubō article. and first kubō Ashikaga Motouji's is also known by the name .Yasuda (1990:26) Designed by prominent Zen religious figure, poet and Zen garden designer Musō Soseki (also known as Musō Kokushi), the temple lies on top of an isolated hill and is famous for both its garden and its Zen rock garden. The beauty and the quantity of its plants have gained it since antiquity the nickname . The main object of worship is Jizō Bosatsu.Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei Zuisen-ji is an Historic Site and contains numerous objects classified as Important Cultural Properties and Places of Scenic Beauty. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1327
official website: None

Source: en.wikipedia.org