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Sōji-ji Temple
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Sōji-ji Temple

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Also known as Sōji-ji

is one of two of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture. ''Fodor's'' calls it "one of the largest and busiest Buddhist institutions in Japan". The temple was founded in 740 as a Shingon Buddhist temple. Keizan, later known as Sōtō's great patriarch Taiso Jōsai Daishi, founded the present temple in 1321, when he renamed it Sōji-ji with the help and patronage of Emperor Go-Daigo. The temple has about twelve buildings in Tsurumi, part of the port city of Yokohama, one designed by the architect Itō Chūta.

Key facts

Religious building.name
Sōji-ji總持寺
Religious building.image
Sōjiji Sanshokaku 2009.jpg
Religious building.caption
Sanshōkaku (三松閣), visitors' center
Religious building.location
2-Chōme 1-1 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Religious building.religious_affiliation
Sōji-ji Sōtō
Religious building.deity
Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
Religious building.country
Japan
Religious building.functional_status
Head Temple
Religious building.website
http://sojiji.jp/
Religious building.founded_by
Gyōki (acc. legend)Keizan (conversion)
Religious building.year_completed
Nara period (acc. legend)1911 (relocation)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Buddhist temple
Official name
Shogakusan Sojiji
Religion
Buddhism
Country
Japan
Founded by
Gyōki
Dedicated to
Shakyamuni Tathāgata
Official website
www.sojiji.jp
Image
Sojiji ButsuDen.jpg
Religious order
Sōtō
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Commons category
Sōji-ji (Yokohama)
native label
總持寺
inception
1321-00-00
name in kana
そうじじ
directions
Keihin Tohoku line Tsurumi St or Keikyu line Keikyu-Tsurumi St
street address
神奈川県横浜市鶴見区鶴見二丁目1番1号
postal code
230-8686
phone number
+81-45-581-6021
ground level 360 degree view URL
www.sojo.jp/en/tour
number of viewers/listeners
322973
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Routine
  • Abbot
  • Temple compound
  • Notable burials
  • School
  • Affiliates
  • Branches
  • In the United States
  • See also
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

is one of two of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture. ''Fodor's'' calls it "one of the largest and busiest Buddhist institutions in Japan". The temple was founded in 740 as a Shingon Buddhist temple. Keizan, later known as Sōtō's great patriarch Taiso Jōsai Daishi, founded the present temple in 1321, when he renamed it Sōji-ji with the help and patronage of Emperor Go-Daigo. The temple has about twelve buildings in Tsurumi, part of the port city of Yokohama, one designed by the architect Itō Chūta.

==History== thumb|left|upright|Keizan, the temple's founder Giving it the name circa 740, Gyōki (668–749) founded the temple as a Shingon Buddhist temple in Noto, a peninsula on Honshu, Japan's largest island. At that time, the temple was a small chapel within the precincts of a larger Shinto shrine called Morooka Hiko Jinja. By 1296, the temple had grown enough to support a full-time priest and a master ajari named Jōken was assigned there.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sōji-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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