The 19th-century Japanese ironclad Hiei was named after this mountain, as was the more famous World War II-era battleship Hiei, the latter having initially been built as a battlecruiser.The greatest athletes in the world today are not the Olympic champions or the stars of professional sports, but the "marathon monks" of Japan's sacred Mount Hiei. The temple complex was razed by Oda Nobunaga in 1571 to quell the rising power of Tendai's warrior monks ( sōhei), but it was rebuilt and remains the Tendai headquarters to this day.
Later schools of Buddhism in Japan were almost entirely founded by ex-monks of the Tendai sect, such as Hōnen, Nichiren, Dōgen and Shinran, who all studied at the temple before leaving Mount Hiei to start their own practices. ĭue to its position north-east of the ancient capital of Kyoto, it was thought in ancient geomancy practices to be a protective bulwark against negative influences on the capital, which along with the rise of the Tendai sect in Heian period Japan (8th - 12th centuries) meant that the mountain and the temple complex were politically powerful and influential. Due to its remoteness, as a temple complex it experienced periods of revival and decline, starting with Ennin, later revived by Ryōgen and made famous by the scholar-monk Genshin. The Yokawa ( 横川, "Along the river") area near the northernmost end of Mount Hiei.The Tōdō ( 東塔, "East Pagoda") area, also near the summit, where Enryaku-ji Temple was first founded, and located just within Shiga Prefecture.The Saitō ( 西塔, "West Pagoda") area near the summit, and technically in Kyoto Prefecture.Tiantai) sect of Buddhism, was founded atop Mount Hiei by Saichō in 788 and rapidly grew into a sprawling complex of temples and buildings that were roughly divided into three areas: The temple of Enryaku-ji, the first outpost of the Japanese Tendai (Chin. Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 京都東北部, 50000:1 京都及大阪Ĭlose ▲ Relief map of Mount Hiei West side List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
The view from Kyoto with Cherry blossoms (April 2005)
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