| Higashi Hongan-ji 東本願寺 | |
|---|---|
 Higashi Hongan-ji | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Jōdo Shinshū, Ōtani-ha |
| Status | Head temple |
| Location | |
| Location | 754 Tokiwa-machi, north of Karasuma and Shichijō, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
  Shown within Japan | |
| Geographic coordinates | 34°59′27.66″N 135°45′30.44″E / 34.9910167°N 135.7584556°E |
| Website | |
| Ōtani-ha (Higashi Honganji) | |
Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺), or, "the Eastern Monastery of the Original Vow", is one of two dominant sub-sects of Shin Buddhism in Japan and abroad, the other being Nishi Honganji (or, 'The Western Temple of the Original Vow'). It is also the name of the head temple of the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū in Kyoto, which was most recently constructed in 1895 after a fire burned down the previous temple.[1][2] As with many sites in Kyoto, these two complexes have more casual names and are known affectionately in Kyoto as Onissan (お西さん, Honorable Mr. West) and Ohigashisan (お東さん, Honorable Mr. East).[citation needed]
- ^ Popular Buddhism In Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp. 11, 38-39, 101 / University of Hawaii Press 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2028-2
- ^ "About Higashi Honganji". Higashi Honganji Shinsu Otani-ha. Retrieved 8 October 2019.