Shōjōkō-ji

Shōjōkō-Ji

Main hall
Information
Mountain name Tōtaku-san
Denomination Ji-shū
Venerated Amitābha
Founded 1325
People
Founder(s) Matano Gorōkagehira
Founding priest Taa Donkai
Location
Address 1-8-1 Nishitomi, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken
Country Japan
Coordinates 35°20′54.65″N 139°29′19.12″E / 35.3485139°N 139.4886444°E / 35.3485139; 139.4886444
Website http://www.jishu.or.jp/index.html

Shōjōkō-Ji (清浄光寺) is a temple located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa which is the headquarters of Ji-shū. The formal name is Tōtaku-san Muryōkō-in Shōjōkō-ji. As the priest of the temple, Tōtaku Shōnin, also bears Yugyō Shōnin, the temple is better known as Yugyō-ji in recent years. The temple is also called as Fujisawa-dōjō.

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