Temple in the northwest of Kyōto in the Ukyō district, which was built in 1339 on the old residence of the emperor Kameyama-tennō with the support of the Shōgun ASHIKAGA Takauji to appease the spirit of the late emperor Go-Daigo-tennō. Tenryū-ji is considered the first of the Five Great Zen Temples of the Rinzai-shū in Kyōto and was one of the gozan in the Japanese Middle Ages. Behind the main hall (hojo) is the Sogenchi Garden, which MUSÔ Soseki, a master gardener, laid out in the 14th century in the style of chisenkaiyu-shiki and which has been preserved almost exactly as it was in the early days. In 1994 the temple was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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