noun
Otani sect of Shinshu
A major branch of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land Buddhism), headquartered at Higashi Hongan-ji in Kyoto. Often contrasted with the Hongan-ji sect (本願寺派).
真宗大谷派の本山は京都の東本願寺です。
The head temple of the Otani sect of Shinshu is Higashi Hongan-ji in Kyoto.
The name combines 真宗 (Shinshu, 'True Sect') with 大谷 (Otani, the family name of Shinran's descendants) and 派 (branch/sect).