Nanzen-ji (南禅寺, Nanzen-ji), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺, Zenrin-ji), meaning Southern Mountain Temple[1], is a Zen Buddhist temple precinct located in the eastern foothills of Kyoto, Japan. Located on some twenty-seven forested acres, it serves as the headquarters for the Zenshu Sect (alternatively, the Nanzen-ji Sect) of Rinzai Zen (臨済宗).[2] The temple is one of Japan's most well-known and powerful, set amid a grove of spruce and famous for its many fusuma (襖) paintings and rock gardens—many of the latter designed by the architect and master of the Japanese tea ceremony, Kobori Masakazu (小堀政一). Spread throughout the temple precincts are twelve other buildings, among them Nanzen-in, Koncho-in and Tenju-an.[2] Counted originally among the Gozan, or the Five Mountains and Ten Monasteries System (五山十刹制度) of Japan, in 1381 it was designated as First Rank.