Konpuku-ji | |
Location: | 20 Saikatachi-chō, Ichijōji, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
Religious Affiliation: | Zen, Rinzai sect, Nanzen-ji school |
Deity: | Kannon |
Founded By: | An'e |
Year Completed: | 864 |
is a Zen Buddhist temple in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
In 864, as Ennin's dying wish, the Buddhist priest An'e built this temple and installed a statue of Kannon that had been made by Ennin himself.[1] At first the temple was part of the Tendai sect, but eventually the temple fell into ruin. During the Genroku era (1688-1704), the temple was restored by Tesshu from the nearby Enkō-ji, and acted as a branch of that temple. It was also converted to the Rinzai sect.
When Matsuo Bashō traveled to Kyoto to visit his friend Tesshu, he stayed in a thatched hut in the back of the garden, and after some time, the hut was named Bashō-an. However, it fell into ruin, and in 1776 Yosa Buson restored it.[2] The thatched roof hut stands on the east side of the garden, and inside is a tea room.
Buson's grave is also located at the temple.[3]