Tenkai-ji

Tenkai-ji
天界寺
Basic information
Location Shuri Kinjō 1-2, Naha, Okinawa prefecture
Affiliation Rinzai Zen
Country Japan
Status Closed as of 1879
Architectural description
Founder Keiin Ansen
Completed c. 1450 - 1457

Tenkai-ji (天界寺) was a Rinzai Buddhist temple and royal bodaiji of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa.

The temple was erected by Keiin Ansen (渓隠安潜) during the reign of King Shō Taikyū (r. 1454-1460). The Mahavira Hall was built in 1466, a bonshō was cast in 1469 and hung at it.[1][2]

The temple was used as bodaiji of kings during the first Shō Dynasty. In the second Shō Dynasty, it was used as bodaiji of unmarried Ryukyuan princes and princesses. Ryukyuan king should visit Enkaku-ji, Tennō-ji and Tenkai-ji after his genpuku and investitutre.[3][2]

Ryukyu was annexed by Japan in 1879, and Tenkai-ji was closed in the same year.[2] It was destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kyūyō, vol.2
  2. 1 2 3 天界寺跡(テンカイジアト)
  3. ↑ Kyūyō, vol.10
  4. ↑ 天界寺跡

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