Hōrin-ji (Harima)

is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture (formerly Harima province).

History With the patronage of the Akamatsu clan, Sesson Yūbai was able to become the founder of a number of provincial Buddhist temple-monasteries, including Hōrin-ji in Harima.Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan, pp. 600-603.

Hōrin-ji was ranked among the provincial jissatsu by the Muromachi shogunate, which encouraged its shugo vassals to found monasteries in their domains.Hall, p. 602.

Prominent among Yūbai's followers were Akamatsu Norimura (1277–1350) and his son Akamatsu Norisuke (1314–1371).

Notes

References Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ; OCLC 165440083