Tōgō, newly promoted to lieutenant finally returned to Japan on 22 May 1878 onboard one of the newly-purchased British-built ships, the Hiei.

Hiei to Enryakuji Monastery, one of the centers of Japanese Buddhism.

Sterett and O ' Bannon likewise fired several salvos into Hieis superstructure from close range, and perhaps one or two torpedoes into her hull, causing Hiei further damage, before both destroyers escaped into the darkness.

At the time, weddings were largely a matter of civic registration rather than religious ceremony, but one of the first acts of their shared life was a short pilgrimage from Ōtsu to the remains of the Buddhist temple complex on Mount Hiei ( Which, coincidentally, would later become the Kyoto headquarters of Kenshin's future nemesis Shishio Makoto ).

Hiei for one year before yielding the position on the 11th day of the 1st month of 1213.

* 788: The Buddhist monk Saichō founds the monastery of Mt Hiei, near Kyoto, which becomes a vast ensemble of temples

* Kōji 2, in the 5th month ( 1143 ): Konoe passed his days praying at Todai-ji and also at the temples on Mount Hiei.

* February 15, 1035: The priests of the Buddhist temples on Mount Hiei band together to burn down the Mii-dera again.

The territories of the Asai and Asakura families were closest to Mount Hiei, but these families, as well as others the temples had allied with, were rivals of Oda Nobunaga.

Following these attacks, the monks of Mount Hiei were finally granted a reprieve, and rebuilt their temples once more.

The Japanese fast cruisers veered to port and were then dispatched by Admiral Itoh to go to the assistance of the Hiei, Saikyo and Akagi which had been unable to keep up with the main line and had then been engaged by the left-hand vessels of the Chinese line.

It became clear that if Tendai were to survive, Saichō would have to retain many more of his students on Mount Hiei.

It is not entirely clear whether or not this standing army consisted of monks from Enryaku-ji, or were more like mercenaries, since Ryōgen, the abbot who established this army, also established a code of monastic conduct that prevented monks from leaving Mount Hiei during their twelve-year training, from covering their faces, and from carrying weapons.

At the end of the 12th century, the attentions of the monks of Mount Hiei were turned towards a greater conflict: the Genpei War.

Yoshitomo's men were then obliged to attack the Rokuhara mansion, but failed in their assault, and fled Kyoto, meeting resistance along the way from the warrior monks of Mount Hiei who they had attacked in decades past.

During this period he trained in the naginatajutsu of the Buddhist monks from Mount Hiei, techniques that were applied often by the monks during the Warring States period.

In addition to the prohibition on carrying weapons, Ryōgen's monks were subject to a list of 26 articles released by Ryōgen in 970 ; they were forbidden from covering their faces, inflicting corporal punishment, violently interrupting prayer services, or leaving Mount Hiei during their 12-year training.

and, also known as the Enchin and Ennin factions respectively, were rival branches of Tendai Buddhism created in the 9th century and based on Mount Hiei just outside Kyoto.

He warned that though Enryakuji was founded with the native gods ( kami ) in mind, neither Enryakuji nor Miidera were at the time worshiping the gods of Mount Hiei, and that this was a dangerous violation of Confucian principles.

By 1573 he had destroyed the alliance of Asakura clan and Azai clans that threatened his northern flank, obliterated the militant Tendai Buddhists monastic center at Mount Hiei near Kyoto, and also had managed to avoid a potentially debilitating confrontation with Takeda Shingen, who had suddenly taken ill and died just as his army was on the verge of defeating the Tokugawa and invading Oda's domain on its way to Kyoto.

Hiei sent a band of sōhei ( warrior monks ) to the Hongan-ji and destroyed the entire temple complex.

He then went to Mount Hiei, the cradle of Japanese Tendai Buddhism, where he found the original purity of the Tendai doctrine corrupted by the introduction and acceptance of other doctrines, especially Amidism and esoteric Buddhism.

Hiei, with its sōhei ( warrior monks ) of the Tendai school who aided the anti-Nobunaga group by helping Azai-Asakura alliance, was an issue for Nobunada since the monastery was so close to his residency.

Hiei, he writes that he became possessed by a single question with regard to the Tendai doctrine:

As he found no answer to his question at Mount Hiei, and as he was disillusioned by the internal politics and need for social prominence for advancement, Dōgen left to seek an answer from other Buddhist masters.

The prefecture is enclosed by mountain ranges with the Hira Mountains and Mount Hiei in the west, the Ibuki Mountains in the northeast, and the Suzuka Mountains in the southeast.

The Chinese severely damaged four Japanese warships — the Japanese flagship Matsushima suffered the worst single-ship loss with more than 100 dead or wounded after being hit by a heavy Chinese round ; Hiei being severely damaged and retired from the conflict ; Akagi suffering from heavy fire and with great loss of life ; Saikyo, the converted liner, urged on by Admiral Kabayama Sukenori despite its lack of offensive armament, had been hit by four 12 inch ( 305 mm ) shells and was sailing virtually out of control as a result — did cosmetic damage to two more, and killed about 180 Japanese sailors and wounded 200 more.

Hiei, became a sprawling center of power, attended not only by ascetic monks, but also by brigades of warrior monks ( sōhei ) who fought in the temple's interest.

When Shinran was nine ( 1181 ) he was sent by his uncle to Mount Hiei, where he was ordained as a Tendai monk.

His fervor had been renewed by a successful campaign against the warrior monks of Mount Hiei.

The warship force was commanded from Hiei by recently promoted Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe.

Laffey passed so close to Hiei that they missed colliding by.

Mount Hiei was located to the northeast of Kyoto, a direction considered dangerous by geomancers, but Saicho's presence on the mountain protected the new capital and brought him to the attention of the court.

Tientai ) sect of Buddhism, was founded atop Mount Hiei by Saichō in 788.

Hiei ) monks by going to the Itsukushima Shrine instead of the Enryakuji temple.

He was opposed by quite a number of court nobles and warrior monks from Mount Hiei and Miidera, but ultimately made it out of the city victorious, with Emperor Go-Shirakawa.

Three years later, when Minamoto no Yoshinaka betrayed his clan by storming into Kyoto, setting the Hōjōji Palace aflame and kidnapping Emperor Go-Shirakawa, he was opposed by many of the monks of Kyoto, including those from Mount Hiei.

Hiei was unable to depress her main or secondary batteries low enough to hit Laffey, but Laffey was able to rake Hieis superstructure with shells and machine gun fire, causing heavy damage to Hieis superstructure and bridge, wounding Admiral Abe, and killing his chief of staff.

Hiei set fire to the central temple structure at Enryaku-ji.

Hiei ; and his younger brother, Fujiwara no Morotsune, set fire to some of the temple buildings.

The platform was finished in 827 CE at Enryaku-ji temple on Mount Hiei, and was the first in Japan.

His life was spared and he was put under the care of Kurama Temple (), nestled in the Hiei Mountains near the capital of Kyoto, while Yoritomo was banished to Izu Province.

When Moriyoshi was 18, Go-Daigo had him named the head abbot of the Enryakuji temple on Mount Hiei.

Shortly after he was ordained in 785, he decided to climb Mount Hiei.

As a sub-lieutenant he served on the Iwate and after his promotion to lieutenant on December 1, 1924, he was assigned to the Hiei, Yura, and Sendai.