As with other Tendai Sect Monzeki Temples (Shoren-in Temple and Sanzen-in Temple), the origins of Myoho-in Temple are believed to lie in a bo (small temple) situated atop Mt. Hiei and the first chief priest is thought to have been Dengyo Daishi Saicho (767-822). 天台宗の他の門跡寺院(青蓮院、三千院など)と同様、妙法院は比叡山上にあった坊(小寺院)がその起源とされ、初代門主は伝教大師最澄(767-822)とされている。 |