Muryōkōin
無量光院
Gate of Muryokoin, Koyasan
Religion
AffiliationKōyasan School of Shingon Buddhism
DeityAmida Nyorai (Amitābha)
Location
Location611 Kōyasan, Kōya-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
CountryJapan
Architecture
FounderKakuhō Shinō
Website
https://www.muryokoin.org/ (English)

Muryōkōin (無量光院) is a temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Its name means "Temple of limitless light" and is the Japanese transliteration of Amitābha.[1]

The temple was first constructed during the Heian period by Prince Kakuhō Shinō (覚法法親王; 1092-1153),[2][3] a son of Emperor Shirakawa (白河天皇; 1053-1129; r. 1073-1087).[4] The exact year is unknown. After the devastating fire in 1888[5] on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), the temple was united with Shicchin (悉地院) and relocated to its current location.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (DDB, http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/), 無量光.
  2. ↑ "覚法法親王". 16 September 2017 – via Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ Habukawa, Shōdō (土生川 正道), Go-shōshin kinenshi (御昇進記念誌), Muryōkōin Dōmonkai (無量光院同門会), 2008, p. 69ff.
  4. ↑ "白河天皇". 8 November 2017 – via Wikipedia.
  5. ↑ Nicoloff, Philip L., Sacred Kōyasan, Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008, p. 119.
  6. ↑ http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/OSK200609010033.html (悉地院はその後、無量光院と合併。)
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