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Zuiganji Temple

Miyagi · Matsushima · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 瑞巌寺

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A Rinzai Zen temple said to have been founded in 828 by the priest Jikaku. The present buildings were raised by Date Masamune; hall, kitchen and corridor are national treasures.

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A Rinzai Zen temple said to have been founded in 828 by the priest Jikaku. The present buildings were raised by Date Masamune; hall, kitchen and corridor are national treasures.

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Zuigan-ji (瑞巌寺, Zuigan-ji) is a Buddhist temple in located in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, its honzon is a statue of Shō Kannon Bosatsu. The temple's full name is Shōtō Seiryūzan Zuigan Enpuku Zenji (松島青龍山瑞巌円福禅寺), but it was commonly known as "Matsushima-dera". It was founded in 828 during the Heian period by Jikaku Daishi. In commemoration of the haiku poet Matsuo Basho's pilgrimage in 1689 during the early Edo period, the Basho Festival is held annually at the temple on the second Sunday of November.

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