Legend has it that in 1207 before the exile of Honen (1133 - 1212), founders of Japan's Jodo (Pure Land) Sect, and Shinran (1173 - 1263) (the so-called Religious Persecution of the Shogen era), they visited Kanezane in Gatsurin-ji Temple and lamented their impending separation. |
日本浄土宗の祖である法然(1133 - 1212)と親鸞(1173 - 1263)は、流罪(いわゆる承元の法難)になる前の承元元年(1207年)、月輪寺に兼実を訪ねて別離を惜しんだと伝えられる。 |