Shōjōkō-Ji | |
Location: | 1-8-1 Nishitomi, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken |
Religious Affiliation: | Ji-shu |
Deity: | Amitābha |
Country: | Japan |
Website: | http://www.jishu.or.jp/index.html |
Founded By: | Matano Gorōkagehira |
Year Completed: | 1325 |
is a temple located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, and serves as the headquarters of the Ji-shu branch of Pure Land Buddhism, related to Ippen. The formal name of the temple is Tōtaku-san Muryōkō-in Shōjōkō-ji. As the head priest of the temple, Tōtaku Shōnin, also bears the inherited title Yugyō Shōnin (遊行上人), the temple has become familiarly known as Yugyō-ji (遊行寺) in recent years. The temple is also sometimes referred to as Fujisawa-dōjō.