Shōfuku-ji (Fukuoka)
The Shōfuku-ji ( Japanese 聖 福寺 ) is a Buddhist Zen temple in the Hakata-ku district of the Japanese city of Fukuoka .
It was built in 1195 under the guidance of the Rinzai monk Eisai and with financial support from Minamoto no Yoritomo . This makes it the oldest existing Zen temple in Japan. A plaque from the Go-Toba- tennō at the temple reads: "This is the first Zen temple in Japan". The first Zen temple, however, is believed to have been the Hōon-ji , also built by Eisai in 1191 .
Other cultural artefacts in the possession of the Shōfuku-ji include personal items belonging to Eisai and Sengai , as well as a bronze bell from the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo .
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Coordinates: 33 ° 35 ′ 50.83 " N , 130 ° 24 ′ 52.05" E