Fukuju-ji 福聚寺 | |
Location: | 6-7 Juzancho, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture |
Coordinates: | 33.8703°N 130.9029°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Zen |
Deity: | Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) |
Country: | Japan |
Founded By: | Ogasawara Tadazane, Sokuhi Nyoitsu |
Year Completed: | 1665 |
is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is . Fukuju-ji is one of two bodaiji (菩提寺), or funeral temples, dedicated to Ogasawara Tadazane, the first daimyō of Kokura Domain. (The other is Toyokawa's Rinzai-ji.)
The temple was founded in 1665 by Ogasawara Tadazane with support from Sokuhi Nyoitsu, a Chinese monk.[1] In 1669, Ogasawara Tadataka (小笠原忠雄), the second daimyō of Kokura, began planning the construction of the temple such as Kaisandō hall, the main hall, a bell tower and so on.
Many temple structures were destroyed by fire in the Summer War of 1866.[2] [3] However, much of the temple and its numerous annexes, include the Buddha-Hall (仏殿 butsuden), the Chinese style architecture rebuilt in 1802, was survived after the war.