Gokurakuji
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Gokurakuji (Jp: 極楽寺) can refer to a number of things:
- The Gokurakuji family of samurai
- A number of Buddhist temples in Japan:
- Gokuraku-ji (Kamakura) - founded in Kamakura in 1259 by the Jōdō-shū sect
- Gokuraku-ji (Hachiōji) in Hachiōji, Tokyo Prefecture
- Gokuraku-ji (Gose) in Gose, Nara Prefecture
- Gokuraku-ji (Kobe) in the Arima Onsen complex, in Kobe
- Gokuraku-ji (Naruto) in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture
- Gokuraku-ji (Hatsukaichi) in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Gokuraku-ji founded in Kamakura in 1188, which was later renamed Jōmyō-ji
- Gokuraku-ji, a sub-temple within Iwashimizu Shrine in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture
[edit] See also
- Gokuraku-in - a separate temple, established in the eighth century, in Nara.
- Jōmyō-ji (Kyoto) - a separate temple, established in 1005 in Heian-kyō (Kyoto)