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1478
Rennyo Establishes Yamashina Hongan-ji
Principal partyRennyo established Hongan-ji at Yamashina in 1478 after the Onin-Bunmei War. A temple town later developed around it.
1480
3/28
Yamashina Hongan-ji's Founder Hall Is Raised
Principal partyThe Founder Hall at Yamashina Hongan-ji was raised on March 28 as Rennyo continued construction. Shinran's portrait was transferred from Otsu later that year.
1496
Rennyo Begins Building Ishiyama Gobō
Principal partyRennyo began building Ishiyama Gobō on the Uemachi Plateau in Osaka, laying the foundations of the later Osaka Hongan-ji and its temple town.
1499
Month 3
Rennyo Dies at Yamashina
Principal partyRennyo, the eighth head of Hongan-ji, died at the Yamashina Hongan-ji South Residence on the twenty-fifth day of the third month at the age of 85. His death marked a major transition for the movement he had rebuilt and expanded.
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