Ankoku-ji Temple
安国寺
Ankoku-ji Temple is a historic Rinzai Buddhist temple with important cultural properties.
What it is
- Rinzai sect Buddhist temple.
- Predecessor Kinpō-ji Temple founded in 1273.
- Restored in 1339 by Ashikaga Takauji.
- Name changed to Ankoku-ji in Muromachi period.
What to see
- Shaka-do hall is a National Important Cultural Property.
- Mid-Muromachi period Shaka-do hall.
- Amida Sanzon statues are Important Cultural Properties.
- Stone Jizo Bosatsu seated statue from 1330.
- Jizo-do hall built in early Edo period.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
広島県福山市鞆町後地990-1 Open in Google Maps
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