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[[File:Jokomyoji.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Jôkyômyô-ji as it appears today]]

[[File:Jokomyoji.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Jôkyômyô-ji as it appears today]]

*''Japanese'': 浄光明寺 ''(joukoumyou ji)''

*''Japanese'': 浄光明寺 ''(joukoumyou ji)''

Jôkômyô-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]], a branch temple of Tôtaku-zan [[Jokomyo-ji|Jôkômyô-ji]] in [[Kamakura]].

Shôhô-zan Jôkômyô-ji is a [[Jishu|Ji sect]] Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]], a branch temple of Tôtaku-zan [[Jokomyo-ji|Jôkômyô-ji]] in [[Kamakura]]. It was one of the Three Temples of Kagoshima (''mi-ke-dera'', 三ヶ寺), along with [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] and [[Dairyu-ji|Dairyû-ji]].<ref>Plaques on-site in Kanmachi, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066879717/sizes/h/]</ref>

When [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] was named ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]] in [[1187]], he had the monk [[Giasessei|Giasessei shônin]]<ref>Second son of [[Hiki Yoshikazu]] and nephew of Tadahisa's mother [[Tango no tsubone]].</ref><!--宜阿説誠--> establish this temple.

When [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] was named ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]] in [[1187]], he had the monk [[Giasessei|Giasessei shônin]] establish this temple as a family temple (''[[bodaiji]]'') for the [[Shimazu clan]]. Tadahisa<ref>A grave identified as Tadahisa's can also be found in [[Kamakura]], however.</ref> and the four succeeding heads of the family were buried at Jôkômyô-ji;<ref name=satsuyu>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 237.</ref> [[Shimazu Yoshitaka]] ([[1675]]-[[1747]]; 21st family head) was also buried here, before his grave was eventually relocated to [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]].

[[Shimazu Yoshitaka]] was later buried here, before his grave was eventually relocated to [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]].

The temple remained closely associated with the Shimazu clan throughout the [[Edo period]], and [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] officials visiting or resident in Kagoshima regularly paid formal visits to Jôkômyô-ji, as well as to [[Nansen-in]] and Fukushô-ji.<ref name=satsuyu/>

The temple was destroyed in the [[1863]] [[bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, and was abolished amid the ''[[haibutsu kishaku]]'' anti-Buddhism policies of the first years of the [[Meiji period]]. In [[1877]], [[Iwamura Michitoshi]] saw to it that [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and a number of his men killed in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] were buried at the former site of the temple, thus establishing the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]], which continues to be maintained today. Jôkômyô-ji was re-established at some point, and stands just outside the cemetery.

The temple was destroyed in the [[1863]] [[bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, and was abolished amid the ''[[haibutsu kishaku]]'' anti-Buddhism policies of the first years of the [[Meiji period]]. In [[1877]], [[Iwamura Michitoshi]] saw to it that [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and a number of his men killed in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] were buried at the former site of the temple, thus establishing the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]], which continues to be maintained today. Jôkômyô-ji was re-established at some point, and stands just outside the cemetery.