About This Print

A small print picturing the Goeido-mon gate ( Founder's Hall Gate) of Nishi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto from the portfolio of twelve prints titled Collection of Color-Prints with Views of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Kobe offered by the Osaka Railway Division, Japanese National Railways.

Higashi Hongaji
Source: https://www.kyotostation.com/higashi-honganji-temple/Higashi Honganji, or “Eastern Temple of the First Vow” is one of two head temples of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Pure Land Buddhism, the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan. The other head temple is Nishi Honganji, the western temple, which true to its name is located a few blocks to the west of this one.

The grandest gate on the temple grounds is the Goeido-mon, the Founder’s Hall Gate which was completed in 1911. This gate has two stories and two roofs and is approximately 28 meters (92 feet) in height.