Buttsū-ji

Buttsū-ji
佛通寺
Information
Denomination Rinzai
Founded 1397 or 1399
People
Founder(s) Kobayakawa Haruhira
Guchu Shukyu
Location
Address 22 Motoyama, Takasaka-chō, Mihara-shi, Hiroshima-ken, 729-0471
Country Japan

Buttsū-ji (佛通寺) is a Buddhist temple head one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, founded in 1397 or 1399 by the lord of Mihara—Kobayakawa Haruhira; its first Abbot was Buttoku Daitsu Zenji. The temple is named after its honorary founder, the Chinese master Buttsu Zenji. Located in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, the temple is head of the Buttsū-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, governing forty-seven temples.[1][2]

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Notes

  1. Dumoulin, 206
  2. Head Temples

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34°27′21″N 133°01′35″E / 34.45583056°N 133.0263972°E / 34.45583056; 133.0263972Coordinates: 34°27′21″N 133°01′35″E / 34.45583056°N 133.0263972°E / 34.45583056; 133.0263972


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