Shōfuku-ji (Nagasaki)

Shōfuku-ji (聖福寺) is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.[1] Its honorary sangō prefix is Manjusan (万寿山).

Shōfuku-ji
聖福寺
Main Hall
Religion
AffiliationŌbaku
Location
Location3-77 Tamazono-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture
CountryJapan
Geographic coordinates32°45′11″N 129°52′37″E / 32.75300°N 129.87693°E / 32.75300; 129.87693
Architecture
FounderTetsushin Dōhan
Completed1677
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Shōfuku-ji was the fourth of a series of temples built in the 17th century by the Chinese community of Nagasaki. Its construction was completed in 1677 by Chinese merchants from the Canton region.[2] However Shōfuku-ji is not always included with the other Chinese temples (Fukusai-ji, Sōfuku-ji, and Kofukuji) as the earlier temples did not initially belong to the Ōbaku sect, whereas Shōfuku-ji was founded by a disciple of Ingen, his grandson Tetsushin Douhan.

References

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  1. ^ "長崎おもてなしの心と人|観光資源再発見". www.nagasaki-cci.or.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  2. ^ Baroni, Helen Josephine (2000). Obaku Zen : the emergence of the third sect of Zen in Tokugawa, Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. p. 32. ISBN 0-8248-2195-5. OCLC 41619983.