Gokoku-ji

For the temple of the same name in Naha, Okinawa, see Gokoku-ji (Okinawa).

Gokoku-ji 護国寺
Honden (main hall), an Important Cultural Property of Japan
Information
Mountain name	Shinreizan
Denomination	Buzan School of Shingon Buddhism
Venerated	Nyoirin Kannon (Chintamanicakra)
Founded	1681
People
Founder(s)	Keishō-in
Founding priest	Ryōken
Location
Address	5-40-1 Ōtsuka, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo
Country	Japan
Website	http://www.gokokuji.or.jp/

Gokoku-ji (護国寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Bunkyō.

History

This Buddhist temple was established by the fifth shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, who dedicated it to his mother. It is notable for surviving the American air raids during World War II, whereas most other historical sites in Tokyo were turned into rubble.

Notable interments

Like many Buddhist temples in Japan, Gokoku-ji has a cemetery on its premises. Among those interred are the remains of the following people.

Sanjō Sanetomi (1837–1891), the last Daijō Daijin.
Yamada Akiyoshi (1844–1892), Minister of Industry (1879-1880), Home Minister (1881-1883) and Minister of Justice (1883-1891) and Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army, and the founder of Nihon Law School (current Nihon University) and Kokugakuin (current Kokugakuin University).
Josiah Conder (1852–1920), a British architect and oyatoi gaikokujin.
Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838–1922), the 8th (1898) and 17th (1914–1916) Prime Minister of Japan.
Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922), Field Marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 3rd (1889–1891) and 9th (1898–1900) Prime Minister of Japan.
Ōkura Kihachirō (1837–1928), an entrepreneur.
Dan Takuma (1858–1932), a former Director-General of Mitsui (Mitsui Group).
Seiji Noma (1878–1938), the founder of Kodansha.
Masuda Takashi (1848–1938), the founder of Mitsui & Co. (Mitsui Bussan) and Chugai-Bukka-Sinpo (current Nihon Keizai Shimbun), and also known as a tea master.
Ikeda Shigeaki (1867–1950), a politician and former governor of the Bank of Japan.
Nakamura Tempū (1876–1968), a martial artist and preacher of yoga to Japan.
Ōyama Masutatsu (1923–1994), a karate master and the founder of Kyokushin kaikan.
Dan Ikuma (1924–2001), a composer. A grandson of Dan Takuma.

Notes

References

Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 251800045; see also Imprimerie Royale de France, OCLC 311322353

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gokokuji.

Gokoku-ji official website - (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°43′18″N 139°43′32″E / 35.72167°N 139.72556°E / 35.72167; 139.72556

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

Japanese 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

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