Shōfuku-ji (Nagasaki) explained

Shōfuku-ji
聖福寺
Location:3-77 Tamazono-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture
Coordinates:32.753°N 129.8769°W
Country:Japan
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Founded By:Tetsushin Dōhan
Year Completed:1677

is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.[1] Its honorary sangō prefix is .

Shōfuku-ji was the fourth of a series of temples built in the 17th century by the Chinese community of Nagasaki. Its construction was completed in 1677 by Chinese merchants from the Canton region.[2] However Shōfuku-ji is not always included with the other Chinese temples (Fukusai-ji, Sōfuku-ji, and Kofukuji) as the earlier temples did not initially belong to the Ōbaku sect, whereas Shōfuku-ji was founded by a disciple of Ingen, his grandson Tetsushin Douhan.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 長崎おもてなしの心と人|観光資源再発見 . 2022-07-09 . www.nagasaki-cci.or.jp.
  2. Book: Baroni, Helen Josephine . Obaku Zen : the emergence of the third sect of Zen in Tokugawa, Japan . 2000 . University of Hawai'i Press . 0-8248-2195-5 . Honolulu . 32 . 41619983.