The "Paradise Academy" (延暦寺浄土院) at Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei. Not to be confused with Engaku-ji in Kamakura., a Monastery on Mount Hiei overlooking Kyoto, was founded is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto city lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga prefectures Japan.

Jimon (寺門, Jimon^?) and Sammon (山門, Sammon^?), also known as the Enchin and Ennin factions respectively, were rival branches of Tendai Buddhism created in the 9th century and based on Mount Hiei just outside Kyoto. (814 &ndash 891 was a Japanese Buddhist monk the founder of the Jimon School of Tendai Buddhism, and Chief Abbot of Miidera at Ennin (圓仁 or 円仁 (AD 793 or 794 - 864 who is better known in Japan by his Posthumous name, Jikaku Daishi (慈覺大師 was a priest of the History The Tiantai teaching was first brought to Japan by the Chinese monk Jianzhen (鑑眞 Jp Ganjin in the middle of the 8th century, but The history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three periods namely the Nara period (up to 784 the Heian period (794–1185 and the post-Heian period is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto city lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga prefectures Japan. (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan.

Jimon's head temple was Miidera, at the foot of Mount Hiei, while the Sammon sect was based at Enryakuji, at the summit of the mountain. formally called, is a Buddhist temple located at the foot of Mount Hiei, in the city of Ōtsu, in Shiga Prefecture. is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto city lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga prefectures Japan. Not to be confused with Engaku-ji in Kamakura., a Monastery on Mount Hiei overlooking Kyoto, was founded This rivalry does not appear to be based on differing opinions on dogma or doctrine, only a sort of jealousy, each seeking to be the chief or sole Tendai core temple. Following the deaths of Enchin in 891, this rivalry only deepened, and over the next several centuries, led to a number of armed conflicts. (814 &ndash 891 was a Japanese Buddhist monk the founder of the Jimon School of Tendai Buddhism, and Chief Abbot of Miidera at Events By Place Europe Arnulf of Carinthia defeats the Normans at the Battle of Leuven. Most were the result of a monk from one faction becoming appointed Abbot (zasu) of the other faction's temple, or of one faction not being invited to events, conferences, or festivals held by the other.

As the disagreements escalated into armed conflicts, both sects formed the first standing armies of warrior monks, called sohei. were Buddhist warrior monks of feudal Japan. At certain points of history they held considerable power obliging the imperial and military governments to collaborate When the Genpei War broke out in 1180, the warrior monks of the two sects found themselves on opposing sides, the Enryakuji Sammon monks supporting the Taira clan while Miidera's Jimon monks supported the Minamoto clan. The ( 1180 &ndash 1185) were a Conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans and in late- Heian period Japan. For other uses of the word Taira see Taira (disambiguation The was a major Japanese clan in historical Japan was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period ( 794 – 1185 AD on those of their sons and grandsons who were not

Only after the end of the Genpei War and the establishment of the first shogunate did the conflicts between the two sects settle down. The ( 1180 &ndash 1185) were a Conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans and in late- Heian period Japan. The Kamakura shogunate ( Japanese: 鎌倉幕府 Kamakura bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship in Japan headed by the Shoguns from However, the division and disagreement lasted several centuries longer, until both temples were destroyed by the forces of Oda Nobunaga at the end of the 16th century. ( June 23, 1534 &ndash June 21, 1582) was a major Daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history Though it is unclear when the names 'Jimon' and 'Sammon' fell out of use, and when the two temples ceased fighting, the destruction of both temples by a greater, larger outside force brought a definite end to their quarrels.