Rokuouin Featured in the Enoden and Randen Joint PR Project “Atarashii Koto Mitsukeyō”
Rokuouin was featured in the first installment of “Atarashii Koto Mitsukeyō” (Let’s Discover Something New), a joint PR project commemorating the 15th anniversary of the sister-railway partnership between Enoshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd. The theme is “Beyond the Bustle, Into Stillness — the Reliquary Hall of Engaku-ji and the Reliquary Hall of Rokuouin.”
The Buddha’s tooth relic of Rokuouin was brought to Kamakura by Minamoto no Sanetomo, the third Kamakura shogun, from Nengren Temple in Song China, and was first enshrined at Daiji-ji Temple and later at Engaku-ji Temple. In the Nanboku-chō period, Emperor Gokōgon had part of it presented to Kyoto, and in 1374 it was bestowed upon Fumyō Kokushi, the founder of our temple, and enshrined in the Reliquary Hall of Rokuouin.
Since the Buddha’s tooth relic arrived at the port of Hakata in Japan from China on October 15, October 15 of every year is designated as the “Shari-e,” a day of opening the doors and making offerings, and the relic is shown to the public only on this day.
This year, under the auspices of the Kyoto Association for the Preservation of Ancient Culture, there is a special opening of cultural properties not usually open to the public, and in addition to showing Important Cultural Properties, Rokuouin is also holding a public viewing of the Buddha’s tooth relic during the period (April 27 – May 12, Reiwa 6 (2024)).
We would be delighted if you could take this opportunity to visit and pay your respects to the Buddha’s tooth relic, brought by Lord Minamoto no Sanetomo and later passed down from Engaku-ji in Kamakura to Rokuouin in Kyoto.
Keifuku Electric Railroad official website
Kyoto Association for the Preservation of Ancient Culture official website (in Japanese)