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Zuisen-ji is a [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] temple in [[Nagoya]].

Zuisen-ji is a [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] temple in [[Nagoya]].

The grave of musician Tomiyama ''[[peechin]]'' aka [[Ryo Bunpitsu|Ryô Bunpitsu]] is located within the grounds. Bunpitsu ([[1794]]-[[1832]]) was a member of the 1832 [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] who died on 11/3 that year, at [[Inaba-juku]] in [[Owari province]], and was buried at Zuisen-ji the following day. The temple also holds writings by Bunpitsu, and a grave of laborers hired by [[Satsuma han]] to accompany the Ryukyuan mission was once also located on the grounds.

The grave of musician Tomiyama ''[[peechin]]'' aka [[Ryo Bunpitsu|Ryô Bunpitsu]] is located within the grounds. Bunpitsu ([[1794]]-[[1832]]) was a member of the 1832 [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] who died on 11/3 that year, at [[Inaba-juku]] in [[Owari province]], and was buried at Zuisen-ji the following day. The temple also holds several works of calligraphy by Bunpitsu, believed to have been brought to the temple by future Ryukyuan missions (in [[1842]] and [[1850]]) from Ryûkyû, as they visited their countryman's grave.<ref>''Minoji wo yuku Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 美濃路をゆく琉球使節, Bisai Museum of History and Folklore 尾西市歴史民俗資料館, Bisai, Aichi (2004), 12.</ref>

 

A grave for laborers hired by [[Satsuma han]] to accompany the Ryukyuan mission was once also located on the grounds.

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==References==

==References==

*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)

*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)

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