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*''Japanese'': 本立寺 ''(honryuu ji)''

Honryû-ji was a Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]] where the first five heads of the [[Shimazu clan]] were buried. Today, only a small portion of the temple grounds (including the Shimazu graves) survives.

A branch temple of the [[Jishu|Ji sect]] temple [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], it was originally known as Godô-in, a reference to the five lords buried there.<ref>The five all bore Buddhist posthumous names including the character 道 (''dô'').</ref> Graves for these five lords can also be found at [[Kanno-ji (Kagoshima)|Kannô-ji]], a temple in Izumi City, [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. The Godô-in temple was renamed Honryû-ji during the time of the 19th clan head, [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]], and was expanded under the 18th ([[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]]), 20th ([[Shimazu Tsunataka]]), and 21st ([[Shimazu Yoshitaka]]).

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==References==
*"[http://kagoshima.digital-museum.jp/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=614433&data_id=10000360 Honryû-ji ato]," Kagoshima Digital Museum, 2011.
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[[Category:Temples]]