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*''Japanese'': 聖福寺 ''(Shoufuku ji)''

*''Japanese'': 聖福寺 ''(Shoufuku ji)''

The Shôfuku-ji in [[Hakata]] was the first [[Zen]] temple to be established in Japan. It was established by [[Eisai]] in [[1195]].

The Shôfuku-ji in [[Hakata]] was the first [[Zen]] temple to be established in Japan. It was established by [[Eisai]] in [[1195]] on the grounds of a smaller Buddhist shrine known as ''hyakudô'' built earlier by the local community of Chinese merchants in Hakata.

The monk-painter [[Sengai]] oversaw the rebuilding of the temple at one point in the late 18th or early 19th century, following a fire or other disaster.<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 116-117.</ref>

The monk-painter [[Sengai]] oversaw the rebuilding of the temple at one point in the late 18th or early 19th century, following a fire or other disaster.<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 116-117.</ref>