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*''Japanese'': 鎮国山感応寺 ''(Chingoku zan Kannou ji)''

Chingoku-zan Kannô-ji is a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple in Izumi City, [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. One of the oldest Zen temples in the country, it was founded by [[Eisai]] in [[1194]], at the request of [[Honda Sadachika]], a retainer of [[Shimazu Tadahisa]]. Graves for the first five heads of the [[Shimazu clan]] can be found on the grounds, as they can at [[Honryu-ji|Honryû-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]] as well.

The temple fell into decline for a time in the 13th century, but was revived by [[Shimazu Tadamune]] ([[1251]]-[[1325]]). After that, it received considerable patronage from the Shimazu Sôshû and Sasshû branch families, and from the local Honda family.

Kannô-ji was closed in the [[haibutsu kishaku|anti-Buddhist policies]] of the early [[Meiji period]], but was later re-opened and remains active today.

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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture04.html Kannô-ji]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.

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