Kenchō-ji Temple
Also known as Kenchō-ji
Kenchō-ji (建長寺) is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen Temples (the Kamakura Gozan) and is the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan. These temples were at the top of the Five Mountain System, a network of Zen temples started by the Hōjō Regents. Still very large, it originally had a full shichidō garan and 49 subtemples. It was founded by Chinese monk Lanxi Daolong, also known as Rankei Doryū, of the Song dynasty at the invitation of Hōjō Tokiyori. The temple was constructed on the orders of Emperor Go-Fukak
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Kenchō-ji建長寺
- Religious building.image
- Kenchoji Sanmon 2009.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- Kenchō-ji, Sanmon
- Religious building.location
- 8 Yamanouchi, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Kenchō-ji Rinzai
- Religious building.deity
- Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha)
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.functional_status
- Head Temple, Five Mountain Temple (Kamakura)
- Religious building.founded_by
- Hōjō Tokiyori and Rankei Doryū (Lanxi Daolong)
- Religious building.year_completed
- 1253
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- Kenchō-ji and the shogunate
- Buildings and points of interest
- Hansōbō
- Sanmon Kajiwara Segaki-e
- See also
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Kenchō-ji (建長寺) is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen Temples (the Kamakura Gozan) and is the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan. These temples were at the top of the Five Mountain System, a network of Zen temples started by the Hōjō Regents. Still very large, it originally had a full shichidō garan and 49 subtemples. It was founded by Chinese monk Lanxi Daolong, also known as Rankei Doryū, of the Song dynasty at the invitation of Hōjō Tokiyori. The temple was constructed on the orders of Emperor Go-Fukakusa and completed in 1253, fifth year of the Kenchō era, from which it takes its name.
The sangō is Kofukusan (巨福山).
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