Myoshinji temple complex (Kyoto)

Myōshin-ji is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan. The Myoshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism is the largest school in Rinzai Zen. This particular school contains within it more than three thousand temples throughout Japan, along with nineteen monasteries. The head temple was founded in the year 1342 by the venerable Zen Master Kanzan-Egen Zenji (1277-1360).