Gokoku-ji
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Gokoku-ji 護国寺 |
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Honden (Main Hall)
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Denomination: | Shingon Buzan-ha |
Founded: | 1681 |
Founder(s): | Keishō-in, Ryōkei |
Address: | 5-40-1 Ōtsuka, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo |
Country: | Japan |
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Website: | http://www.gokokuji.or.jp/ |
Gokoku-ji (?) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Bunkyō-ku. It was established by the mother of the Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
In 1873, Emperor Meiji declared Gokoku-ji the Imperial mausoleum, and several of his children are buried there, as well as Emperor Meiji himself. It remains the Imperial mausoleum today.
Gokoku-ji is also famous as the central temple that oversees the practice of Japanese tea ceremony in all the country's temples.
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