Enshō-ji

Nara, Japan · built 1641

Enshō-ji, also known as Yamamura Palace, is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara founded by Queen Bunchi, daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, in 1656. Together with Chūgū-ji and Hokke-ji, it is considered one of the Three Yamato Monzeki, or imperial temples, belonging to the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen. The temple served as model for Gesshū-ji in Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow and was used as one of the locations for the filming of its 2005 dramatization. The temple is also home to the head office of the ikebana school called Yamamura Go-ryū. The temple is not open to the public.

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