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Sōken-ji Temple
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'''''' is a Buddhist temple located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is . The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen.
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- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Religion
- Rinzai school
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Omihachiman
- Founded by
- Oda Nobunaga
- Location
- Azuchi Castle
- Official website
- www.azuchi-nobunaga.com
- Image
- Azuchi Town Sokenji Tower.jpg
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- Sōken-ji
- heritage designation
- Important Cultural Property of Japan
- street address
- 滋賀県近江八幡市安土町下豊浦6367
- native label
- 摠見寺
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'''' is a Buddhist temple located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is . The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen.
==History== Sōken-ji was erected within the grounds of Azuchi Castle by Oda Nobunaga in the Tenshō era (1573–1591). The head priest was the third son of Oda Nobuyasu, lord of Iwakura Castle in Owari province, who was from a cadet branch of the clan. Rather than build new structures, Oda Nobunaga relocated existing structures from other temples and shrines which caught his eye. Specific surviving examples include the Niōmon gate, which was originally from Kashiwagi Jinja in Kōka and the Three-story Pagoda which was originally at Chōju-ji, also in Kōka. Both structures are now designated National Important Cultural Properties
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sōken-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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