Shōjō-ji Temple
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is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shu Buzan-ha sect in Yugawa, Kawanuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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It is catalogued under topics including 807 establishments, 9th-century Buddhist temples in Japan and Buddhist temples in Fukushima Prefecture.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Official name
- 勝常寺
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Yugawa
- Dedicated to
- Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha
- Image
- Shojoji Yakushi Hall.jpg
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- street address
- 福島県河沼郡湯川村勝常代舞1764
- Commons category
- Shōjō-ji (Yugawa, Fukushima)
- inception
- 0807-00-00
- postal code
- 969-3556
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- The Legend of Shōjō-ji
- Buildings and cultural assets
- Yakushi-do
- Yakushi Sanzon
- Other statuary
- See also
- References
- External links
is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shu Buzan-ha sect in Yugawa, Kawanuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
==History== Shōjō-ji was opened in 807 by the Hossō sect scholar-monk Tokuitsu. The original name of the temple is not known, but the present name has been in use since medieval times. At the time of foundation it was a large temple forming a complete Shichidō garan, many attached buildings, twelve houses for monks and more than 100 sub-temples. Today, the temple consists among others of the original auditorium (Yakushi Hall), the residence of the head priest (reception hall), the kitchen, the central gate (chūmon) and more than 30 Buddhist statues.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shōjō-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations