Ankoku-ji
Ankoku-ji (安国寺 Ankoku-ji) is a kind of Buddhist temple. Ankoku-ji may mean "Temple for National Pacification". There are numerous Ankoku-ji throughout Japan and the world.
The Ankoku-ji system was developed under the Ashikaga shogunate, as part of its stabilizing the country. The Fudoin Temple within Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, for example, was built by Shogun Takauji Ashikaga as one of 60 Ankoku-ji temples which were constructed in all provinces across Japan, in the 14th century.
Specific ones in Japan include:
- Ankoku-ji (Fukuyama), located in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Fudoin Temple in Higashi-Ku, Ushita-shinmachi, Hiroshima.
- Ankoku-ji (Fukuoka), located in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Ankoku-ji (Kurume), located in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Ankoku-ji (Kitakyushu), located in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Ankoku-ji (Shimotsuke), located in Shimotsuke, Tochigi Prefecture
- Ankoku-ji (Takayama), located in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture
Further reading
- Dumoulin, Heinrich (2005). Zen Buddhism: A History. 2: Japan. Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom. ISBN 0-941532-90-9.
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