| It was from here that he exerted cloistered rule and famously constructed an enormous Buddha hall (Rengeo-in Temple = Sanjusangen-do Hall) housing 1,000 statues of the thousand-armed Kannon (the celebration of Sanjusangen-do Hall's completion took place in 1164). |
ここで院政が行われ、また御所の西側に千体千手観音像を安置する巨大な仏堂（蓮華王院＝三十三間堂）が建てられたことは史上名高い（三十三間堂の落慶は長寛2年/1164年）。 |