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History
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The priest and Enkei in which Kogenji self-trained in Hangzhou Tenmokuzan in China in 1325 of the Kamakura period last stage should receive a wish from Emperor Godaigo. It is a Zen temple belonging to the Rinzai sect Tyuho group who opened to the ground in here Tanba and Aogaki. Although especially the maple of this Kogenji is called Tenmoku maple, It is said that this name was named from having transplanted to this ground what Enkei brought home from Hangzhou Tenmokuzan in China.