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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...
- 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...
- the 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- have been quite strict, as stated in the "Kenkenki", a diary written by Monzeki Hironori. In February of the same year, the isolated Sawayama Castle surrendered...