hsi-ming

Updated: May 18, 2025

From plans prepared by him and taken from the monastery of Hsi-ming in China, the temple Daian-ji was built under the auspices of the Emperor Shomu, and having been richly endowed, was placed in Doji's charge as lord-abbot.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era