関かん東とう十じゅう八はち檀だん林りん

noun

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (Pure Land sect, Kanto region)

Historical term referring to the eighteen major seminaries or academies of the Jōdo (Pure Land) sect in the Kantō area during the Edo period.

See also: 浄土宗 · 関東

• 関かん東とう十じゅう八はち檀だん林りんは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに浄じょう土ど宗しゅうの学がく問もん所じょとして栄さかえた。

  The eighteen centers of Buddhist learning in the Kanto region flourished as academies of the Pure Land sect during the Edo period.