Daikōmyō-ji (大光明寺) is a Buddhist temple in

Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Located in the center of the present-day city of Kyoto, Japan it previously occupied the northern region of the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Kamo River flows on the e ...

, Japan. It is affiliated with the

Rinzai school The Rinzai school ( ja, , Rinzai-shū, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (along with Sōtō and Ōbaku). The Chinese Linji school of Chan was first transmitted to Japan by Myōan E ...

of Buddhism. It was founded in 1339. It is a sub-temple located within the larger Jōtenkaku Museum. The temple's main hall was built by Kōgimon'in (広義門院; 1292–1337), consort of

Emperor Go-Fushimi was the 93rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1298 to 1301. This 13th-century sovereign was named after his father, Emperor Fushimi and ''go-'' (後), translates literally as ...

. It was moved to Kyoto from Fushimi in 1615.

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