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*''Established: [[1492]]''
*''Japanese'': 円覚寺 ''(Engakuji)''
Engaku-ji was a Buddhist temple on the grounds of [[Shuri castle]] on [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]]. Established in [[1492]], it was destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, and today only the gates of the temple have been rebuilt.
The temple is named after the [[Zen]] temple [[Engakuji]] in [[Kamakura]], and was designed by an immigrant Japanese Zen priest based on, or at least inspired by, the pattern or layout of that temple. A temple bell which was to become much celebrated was cast in [[1496]], and a stone bridge immediately behind the main gate - one of the few elements reconstructed and intact today - was thrown across the pond two years later.
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==References==
*Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tuttle Publishing, 2000. pp109ff.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Temples]]
*''Japanese'': 円覚寺 ''(Engakuji)''
Engaku-ji was a Buddhist temple on the grounds of [[Shuri castle]] on [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]]. Established in [[1492]], it was destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, and today only the gates of the temple have been rebuilt.
The temple is named after the [[Zen]] temple [[Engakuji]] in [[Kamakura]], and was designed by an immigrant Japanese Zen priest based on, or at least inspired by, the pattern or layout of that temple. A temple bell which was to become much celebrated was cast in [[1496]], and a stone bridge immediately behind the main gate - one of the few elements reconstructed and intact today - was thrown across the pond two years later.
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==References==
*Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tuttle Publishing, 2000. pp109ff.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Temples]]