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Meigetsu-in
is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji school in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. Famous for its hydrangeas, it's also known as ''The Temple of Hydrangeas'' (ajisai-dera). The main object of worship is goddess Shō Kannon (聖観音). == History ==
Meigetsu-in was built by Uesugi Norikata of the powerful Uesugi clan, and the name itself derives from Norikata's own posthumous name (Meigetsu).〔 According to 350-year-old records it was originally just the guest rooms of a much bigger temple called which was closed by the government during the Meiji period.〔Mutsu:1995:165)〕 Zenkō-ji was a temple of considerable prestige, being one of the Rinzai Zen temples classified as (, which were second in importance only to Kamakura's so-called Five Mountains (.〔 Zenkō-ji however didn't survive the anti-Buddhist clampdown (Haibutsu kishaku) that followed the Meiji Restoration.〔 Meigetsu-in is the owner of a famous 13th century statue of Uesugi Shigefusa, founder of the Uesugi clan.〔 He is dressed in the picturesque clothes of the dignitaries of the Kamakura period.〔 The statue is a National Treasure.〔
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