
naka-in

naka-in is a tendai buddhist temple in kawagoe city, saitama prefecture.
sangō is seiyasan. jigō is muryoju-ji. ingō is naka-in.
origins and history.
naka-in was founded in the heian period under the name of muryoju-ji bucchi-in.
emperor junna ordered the monk ennin(jikaku daishi) for its foundation.
in the kamakura period, it was rebuilt by the monk sonkai who gave eshin school denbokaigo to nichiren, the temple flourished as the head temple of 580 temples in kanto region.
muryoju-ji consists of butsuzo-in(kita-in), bucchi-in(naka-in) and tamon-in(minami-in),
emperor gofushimi ordered the monk sonkai to make the temple as the head temple of tendai temples in kanto region.
in 1296, a school teaching tendai named senba dangisho was founded in naka-in, it flourished as one of the kanto hachi danrin.
until the monk tenkai became the chief priest of kita-in, naka-in played a key role in muryoju-ji. when senba tōshō-gū was founded in 1639, naka-in was moved to the present location.