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Tōzen-ji Temple

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Tōzen-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple with a significant Jizō statue.

Tōzen-ji Temple
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What it is

  • A Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple, mountain name Shōtoku-zan.
  • Founded in 1240 by Nagashima Higo-no-kami Yoshihide.
  • Main image is Amida Nyorai.
  • 19th sacred site of the Kamakura Nijūshi Jizō Pilgrimage.

What to see

  • The main hall, rebuilt in 1826.
  • The Higane Jizō, a designated important cultural property.
  • Wooden Jizō Bosatsu Hanka statue, created in 1462.
  • Grave of Gankai Shōnin.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

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