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Monzeki (門跡) were ****anese
Buddhist priests of
aristocratic or
imperial lineage. The term was also
applied to the
temples in
which they lived. An example...
- as
monzeki (門跡,
monzeki). The term was also
applied to the
temples and
monastic communities in
which they were joined; and Kajū-ji was a
monzeki temple...
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Tendai sect of ****anese Buddhism. It is also
known as the Shōren-in
Monzeki (青蓮院門跡). Its
precincts were
designated a
National Historic Site in 1942...
- Manshu-in ((曼殊院), Manshu-in), also
known as the Mans****n
Monzeki, is a
Tendai monastery located near the
Shugakuin Imperial Villa at Sakyō-ku, Ichijo-ji...
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vacancy arose.
After retiring from his throne,
Emperor Uda
became the
first Monzeki, or
aristocratic priest, of Ninna-ji. From then on
until the end of the...
- Sanzen-in (三千院) is a
Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, ****an. The
Heian period triad of
Amida Nyorai flanked by
attendants is a
National Treasure...
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sometimes referred to as Yama no zasu (山の座主),
meaning "Abbot of the mountain."
Monzeki (門跡) was a term
reserved for
priests of
aristocratic or
imperial lineage...
- consort,
Empress Kōjun.
Prince Kotohito was
initially sent to Sambō-in
monzeki temple at the age of
three to be
raised as a
Buddhist monk, but was selected...
- ****an. Its
honzon is an
image of Fudō Myōō. It is also
called the Shōgoin-
monzeki (聖護院門跡), and is the
central temple of the
Honzan school of Shugendō in...
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could enter the
Buddhist priesthood,
generally as the head of one of the
monzeki temples in and
around Kyoto.
During the Edo period, the
latter practice...
