Fugenzan Meigetsu In

Fugenzan Meigetsu-in is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kencho-ji college in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. Famous for its hydrangeas, it's also known as The Temple of Hydrangeas The major object of worship is goddess Sho Kannon. Meigetsu-in became constructed by way of Uesugi Norikata of the powerful Uesugi clan, and the name itself derives from Norikata's own posthumous name According to 350-year-vintage records it changed into at the beginning just the guest rooms of a much larger temple referred to as Zenko-ji which become closed with the aid of the authorities during the Meiji duration.

Zenko-ji changed into a temple of sizeable prestige, being one of the Rinzai Zen temples categorised as Kanto Jissetsu which have been 2nd in significance best to Kamakura's so-called Five Mountains Kamakura Gozan Zenko-ji however didn't survive the anti-Buddhist clampdown Haibutsu kishaku that observed the Meiji Restoration. Meigetsu-in is the proprietor of a famous 13th century statue of Uesugi Shigefusa, founding father of the Uesugi clan. He is dressed inside the picturesque garments of the dignitaries of the Kamakura length. The statue is a National Treasure.