Fukuju-ji (Kitakyushu)
Fukuju-ji (福聚寺) is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Kōjuzan (広寿山). Fukuju-ji is one of two bodaiji (菩提寺), or funeral temples, dedicated to Ogasawara Tadazane, the first daimyō of Kokura Domain. (The other is Toyokawa's Rinzai-ji.)
History
The temple was founded in 1665 by Ogasawara Tadazane with support from Sokuhi Nyoitsu, a Chinese monk. In 1669, Ogasawara Tadataka (小笠原忠雄), the second daimyō of Kokura, began planning the construction of the temple such as Kaisandō hall, the main hall, a bell tower and so on.
Many temple structures were destroyed by fire in the Summer War of 1866. However, much of the temple and its numerous annexes, include the Buddha-Hall (仏殿 butsuden), the Chinese style architecture rebuilt in 1802, was survived after the war.
Gallery
-
Gyoban (fish board) -
-
The Mausoleum of Ogasawara clan -
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fukuju-ji (Kitakyushu).
References
- ^ 福聚寺[黄檗宗][福岡県北九州市小倉北区寿山町6−7]-お寺めぐりの友 [Fukuju-ji] (in Japanese). hakataboy.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ 広寿山福聚寺 - 北九州市 [Kōjuzan Fukuju-ji] (in Japanese). city of Kitakyushu. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Japanese Zen Schools and the Transition to Meiji". Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
External links
- Fukuju-ji - Kitakyushu City (in Japanese)
33°52′13″N 130°54′10″E / 33.870308°N 130.902914°E
 | This Zen-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |