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Sōzen-ji Temple

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Sozenji Temple is a historic Rinzai Zen temple with cultural properties and a clan mausoleum.

Sōzen-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Rinzai sect Myoshinji school temple.
  • Founded in 1354 by Akechi Yorishige.
  • Kazan Shoi was the founding priest.
  • Restored in 1618 by Seigan.

What to see

  • A wooden statue of Shaka Nyorai.
  • Sozenji Somon gate.
  • A bell tower gate rebuilt in 1755.
  • The main hall rebuilt in 1898.
  • A Holy Kannon Bodhisattva is enshrined.
  • Mausoleum of the Tsumaki clan.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

岐阜県土岐市妻木町上郷55-1 Open in Google Maps

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