Sennyū-ji
- Address: 27 Yamanouchi-chō, Sennyūji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture (
rough location)
- Founder: Shunjō
- Founded: 856 (?)
The head temple of Shingon Sect, Sennyūji School. This temple was a mortuary for the imperial house and for this reason this temple is also called Mi-tera Sennyū-ji in honorific language. The statue of Yang Guifei, the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years, which is said to have been made with the order of the Emperor himself, is exhibited in its Yōkihi Kannondō.
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