Sōfuku-ji (Fukuoka)

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The Sanmon Gate, formerly the gate of Fukuoka Castle

Sōfuku-ji (崇福寺) is a Rinzai temple in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Yokodakezan (横岳山). The temple originated in Dazaifu in 1241, but was moved to its present location in 1600 after it became the Kuroda family temple.

External links

May's Fukuoka City Guide

Buddhist temples in Japan

Japanese Buddhist architecture

Architectonic elements	hidden roof hisashi irimoya kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karesansui kentozuka: see nakazonae komainu katōmado mokoshi moya nakazonae Niō or Kongōrikishi sandō shichidō garan shōrō sōrin tokyō tōrō onigawara

Mon (gates)	karamon nijūmon niōmon rōmon sanmon sōmon torii

Buildings	Chinjusha chōzuya/temizuya -dō main hall (kon-dō, hon-dō, butsuden) kuri kyōzō or kyō-dō shoin

Tō or Buttō (pagodas)	gorintō hōkyōintō hōtō kasatōba sotōba muhōtō tahōtō

Styles	Daibutsuyō Wayō Setchūyō Shoin-zukuri Shin-Wayō Zenshūyō Ōbaku Zen architecture

Others	A-un ken

Schools and objects of worship

Major schools	Jōdo Nichiren Shingon Tendai

Zen schools	Sōtō Ōbaku Rinzai

Nanto rokushū	Jōjitsu Hossō Kusha Kegon Ritsu Sanron

Objects of worship	Amida Nyōrai Benzaiten Dainichi Nyorai Jizō Kannon Marishi-ten Shaka Nyorai Shitennō (Four Kings) Twelve Heavenly Generals (Jūni Shinshō) Yakushi Nyorai

Other elements

Implements	kei (ritual gong) mokugyō

Others	bussokuseki butsudan Glossary of Japanese Buddhism Japanese Buddhist pantheon jingū-ji miyadera saisenbako

Coordinates: 33°36′20.59″N 130°24′49.43″E / 33.6057194°N 130.4137306°E / 33.6057194; 130.4137306

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