Shōjōkō-ji

Shōjōkō-Ji

Main hall
Basic information
Location 1-8-1 Nishitomi, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken
Geographic coordinates 35°20′54.65″N 139°29′19.12″E / 35.3485139°N 139.4886444°E / 35.3485139; 139.4886444
Affiliation Ji-shū
Deity Amitābha
Country Japan
Website http://www.jishu.or.jp/index.html
Architectural description
Founder Matano Gorōkagehira
Completed 1325

Shōjōkō-ji (清浄光寺) is a temple located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, and serves as the headquarters of the Ji-shū branch of Pure Land Buddhism, related to Ippen. The formal name of the temple is Tōtaku-san Muryōkō-in Shōjōkō-ji. As the head priest of the temple, Tōtaku Shōnin, also bears the inherited title Yugyō Shōnin (遊行上人), the temple has become familiarly known as Yugyō-ji (遊行寺) in recent years. The temple is also sometimes referred to as Fujisawa-dōjō.

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