Buddhist Temples of Kyōto and Kamakura - Beatrice Lane Suzuki †
6 Chion-in
Buddhist Temples of Kyōto and Kamakura - Beatrice Lane Suzuki †
Beatrice Lane Suzuki † [+]
Beatrice Lane Suzuki (1878-1939) was a very well informed and sensitive expositor of Mahāyāna Buddhism and the American wife of the well-known Zen Buddhist Suzuki Daisetsu. She lived in Japan for many years and came to know the leading temple centres of various Buddhist schools - especially in Kyōto and Kamakura - very well.
Description
In this chapter, the author describes the architecture and history of Chion-in, a temple settled in the Jōdo sect in Kyōto and founded in 1211.