Daikōmyō-ji (大光明寺) is a Buddhist temple in

Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of Japanー Heian-ky ō. Located in the center of the present-d ...

, Japan. It is affiliated with the

Rinzai school The Rinzai school (, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng), named after Linji Yixuan (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school, Linji s ...

of Buddhism. It was founded in 1339. It is a sub-temple located within the larger Jōtenkaku Museum. The temple's main hall was built by Kōgimon'in (広義門院; 1292–1337), consort of

Emperor Go-Fushimi was the 93rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1298 to 1301. This 13th-century sovereign was named after his father, Emperor Fushimi and ''go-'' (後), translates literally a ...

. It was moved to Kyoto from Fushimi in 1615.

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