is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara founded by Queen Bunchi, daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, in 1656. Together with Chūgū-ji and Hokke-ji, it is considered one of the Three Yamato ''Monzeki'' (大和三門跡), or imperial temples, belonging to the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen. The temple served as model for in Yukio Mishima's ''

Spring Snow is a novel by Yukio Mishima, the first in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy. It was published serially in ''Shinchō'' from 1965 to 1967, and then in book form in 1969. Mishima did extensive research, including visits to Enshō-ji in Nara, to ...

'' and was used as one of the locations for the filming of its 2005 dramatization. The temple is also home to the head office of the ikebana school called Yamamura Go-ryū (山村御流). The temple is not open to the public.

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Religious organizations established in the 17th century Buddhist temples in Nara Prefecture Monzeki {{Buddhist-temple-stub

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