Kokutai-ji (Takaoka)

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The Kokutai-ji ( Jap. 国泰寺 ( shinjitai ) or 國泰寺 ( Kyūjitai )) is a Buddhist temple in the Japanese city of Takaoka (Toyama Prefecture) and one of the main temple of the Rinzai school . It currently comprises the largest Zen monastery in the Hokuriku region .

The temple was founded in 1300 under the name Tōshō-ji ( 東 松 寺 ) by the monk Jiun Myōi ( 慈雲 妙 意 ; 1274-1345) at the site of his former study hut on Mount Futakami ( 二 上山 ), southeast of the current location.

In 1327 Jiun Myōi Go-Daigo - tennō was honored in which he gave him a purple robe and the honorary name Seisen Zenji ( 清泉 禪師 ) and the temple the imperial name Kokutai-ji.

Later the temple was under the Ashikaga - shogunate at the request of Komyo -tennō of a Ankoku-ji appointed.

During the Sengoku period , the Kokutai-ji fell into disrepair , and destruction was caused in particular by the troops of Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578). At the request of Go-Nara -tennō, the 28th head of the temple, Settei Shukuyō ( 雪 庭 祝 陽 ), dedicated himself to the reconstruction. A few years later (probably around 1580) the temple was moved to its current location.

In the Edo period , the Kokutai-ji was appointed by the Tokugawa shōgunate to the main temple of the Rinzai-shū lineage Hottō-ha ( 法 燈 派 ), which was founded by Shinji Kakushi ( 心地 覺 心 ; 1207-1298). Since the Fuke-shū later referred to Shinji as their founder, connections between this school and the temple were inevitable. The Kokutai-ji was also the founding site of the Myōon kyōkai ( 妙音 教会 ), one of the Komusō successor organizations of the Fuke-shū after they were banned by the government. Even today, Komusō meet at the temple from June 2nd to 3rd every year and read sutras and play the shakuhachi to commemorate the death of Jiun Myōi.

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Coordinates: 36 ° 48 ′ 39.9 ″  N , 137 ° 0 ′ 39.2 ″  E