Gokuraku-ji (Kamakura)

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Gokuraku-ji (極楽寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdō-shū sect, located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1259 and has been restored and rebuilt many times since then.

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Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

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