Shōkoku-ji
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Shōkoku-ji (相国寺), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji (萬年山相國承天禅寺), is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, first founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, with the existing temple complex having undergone several periods of extensive reconstruction and rebuilding in the succeeding eras.
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Shōkoku-ji 相国寺 | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shōkoku-ji Rinzai |
Deity | Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) |
Status | Head Temple, Five Mountain Temple (Kyoto) |
Location | |
Location | 701 Shōkokuji Monzen-chō, East of Karasuma and Imadegawa Street, Kamigyō-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
Geographic coordinates | 35°1′59″N 135°45′44.45″E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Musō Soseki |
Date established | 1382 |
Completed | 1807 |
Website | |
https://www.shokoku-ji.jp/en/ |
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