浮御堂周辺４・蓮如と本福寺 ～Honkatata/本堅田 163

比叡山延暦寺が本願寺と蓮如を仏敵としたことで、蓮如は京都を追われます。
応仁元年（1467）、蓮如は、ここ堅田の本福寺に身を寄せて再興の時を待ちました。
応仁二年（1468）、延暦寺西塔の衆徒は、大軍を もって堅田を攻撃しました（堅田大責）。
蓮如は、比叡山に近い堅田の地をあきらめ、文明三年（1471）4月、越前吉崎へと向かうことになります。
Rennyo (1415-1499) was the 8th head-priest of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism.
Enryaku-ji temple considered that Rennyo and  his temple Hongan-ji ( in Kyoto) the enemies of the Buddha,
and  Enryaku-ji  temple oppressed them. Hongan-ji  temple was destroyed and he led the life as a fugitive.
He stayed at this Honpuku-ji temple in Katata and waited for the time of revival in 1467.
Enryaku-ji  temple attacked Katata  with the large force in 1468 (it is called Katata Ozeme).
He gave up making Katata into headquarters. It is because Katata was close to Enryaku-ji temple.
In April, 1471, he went to Echizen Yosizaki which was a still more distant place from Kyoto.

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堅田（滋賀県大津市）の写真　本堅田　本福寺４　「蓮如上人像」　2008.04.06　11：40
photograph of Katata,Otsu,Shiga,Japan  Honkatata  Honpuku-ji temple"The statue of Rennyo"  2008.04.06　11：40