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*''Established: c. [[1465]]-[[1487]]''
*''Other Names'': 天久山 ''(Ameku-zan)'', 天久の寺 ''(Ameku no tera)''
*''Japanese'': 聖現寺 ''(Seigen-ji)''

Seigen-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Uenoya neighborhood of [[Naha]] which is closely associated with [[Ameku Shrine]], one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines]].

The temple, founded c. [[1465]]-[[1487]], was originally a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple, but later became a branch temple of [[Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)|Gokoku-ji]], and a temple of [[Shingon]] Buddhism.

The chief object of worship is an image of [[Kannon]].

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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41855-storytopic-121.html Seigen-ji]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.

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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
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