As the temple flourished as number one among the Kyoto Gozan (Five major temples of Rinzai sect in Kyoto), the temple grounds expanded to roughly 330,000 square meters, extending all the way to present-day Keifuku Electric Railroad Katabiranotsuji Station, and is said to have included some 150 sub-temples. |
天龍寺は京都五山の第一として栄え、寺域は約33万平方メートル、現在の京福電鉄帷子ノ辻(かたびらのつじ)駅あたりにまで及ぶ広大なもので、子院150か寺を数えたという。 |