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Shōgen-ji Temple

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Shōgen-ji Temple is a historic Zen Buddhist temple with important cultural properties.

Shōgen-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple.
  • Founded in 1394 by Emperor Go-Komatsu.
  • Moved to its current location in 1689.

What to see

  • Bronze standing statue of the infant Buddha.
  • Statue is a National Important Cultural Property from the Asuka period.
  • Seamless stupa is a Komaki City Tangible Cultural Property.
  • Stupa is the tombstone of the temple's third abbot.
  • Large Nirvana painting donated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
  • Main gate relocated in 1876.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

愛知県小牧市大字三ッ渕29 Open in Google Maps

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