What is "eigen-ji"

is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, founded in 1361 by the lord of Ōmi province—Sasaki Ujiyori. The temple is located in modern-day Higashiōmi, Shiga prefecture of Japan, and its first Abbot was the famous poet and roshi Jakushitsu Genko. It was a popular destination for members of the Five Mountain Schools of Zen during the Onin War of the 15th century. After a series of fires that burned the place down during the late 15th and first half of the 16th century, a newly installed Abbot named Isshi Bunshu restored the temple and is commonly referred to as its second founder. Today it is the head temple of the Eigen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, and governs more than 120 temples and one monastery.