Buttsū-ji explained

Buttsū-ji
佛通寺
Image Upright:1.2
Location:22 Motoyama, Takasaka-chō, Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture
Coordinates:34.4559°N 133.0266°W
Religious Affiliation:Buttsū-ji Rinzai
Deity:Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
Country:Japan
Functional Status:Head Temple
Website:http://www.buttsuji.or.jp/
Founded By:Kobayakawa Haruhira and Guchū Shūkyū
Year Completed:1397

is a Buddhist temple head one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, founded in 1397 by the lord of Mihara; Kobayakawa Haruhira; its first Abbot was Buttoku Daitsu Zenji. The temple is named after its honorary founder, the Chinese master Buttsu Zenji. Located in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, the temple is head of the Buttsū-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, governing forty-seven temples.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Dumoulin, 206
  2. Head Temples